 The Hittite @-@ Ahhiyawan confrontation in Wilusa , the Hittite name for Troy , may provide the historical foundation for the Trojan War tradition . As a result of this instability , the Hittite king initiated correspondence in order to convince his Ahhiyawan counterpart to restore peace in the region . The Hittite record mentions a certain <unk> , a possible Hittite translation for Greek Eteocles , as brother of the king of Ahhiyawa . 
