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Troy is a 2004 epic historical war film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by David Benioff. Produced by units in Malta, Mexico and Britain's Shepperton Studios , the film features an ensemble cast led by Brad Pitt , Eric Bana , Sean Bean , Diane Kruger , Brian Cox , Brendan Gleeson , Rose Byrne , Saffron Burrows and Orlando Bloom .
Troy: Fall of a City is a British-American historical drama television miniseries based on the Trojan War and the love affair between Paris and Helen.The show tells the story of the 10-year siege of Troy, set in the 13th century BC.
The category contains the mythological kings of the city of Troy in Greek mythology: Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. P. Priam (1 C, 22 P)
The music critic Alex Ross claims that large portions of the score were essentially plagiarized from works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff (Symphony No. 1 First Movement); one instance cited by Ross, fanfares from the "Sanctus" of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, has been explicitly recognised by another critic as an "exact copy" by Horner.
News of Troy's fall quickly reached the Achaean kingdoms through phryctoria, a semaphore system used in ancient Greece. A fire signal lit at Troy was seen at Lemnos, relayed to Athos, then to the look-out towers of Macistus on Euboea, across the Euripus straight to Messapion, then to Mount Cithaeron, Mount Aegiplanctus and finally to Mount Arachneus, where it was seen by the people of Mycenae ...
The Greeks' expedition to retrieve Helen from Paris in Troy is the mythological basis of the Trojan War. According to some stories, Helen of Troy was kidnapped by Paris and group of Trojans; in others, she simply followed Paris willingly because she felt affection for him, too.
Troy is a young adult novel by Adèle Geras, published in 2000. It is based on events in The Iliad, incorporating original stories set in the heart of the city towards the end of the Trojan War. [1] The novel was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Award. [2]
Viking (Russian: Викинг) is a 2016 Russian historical film about medieval prince Vladimir the Great, Prince of Novgorod directed by Andrei Kravchuk and co-produced by Konstantin Ernst and Anatoliy Maksimov.