▁known ▁to ▁us ▁through ▁tra ged y ▁( e . g . ▁Soph oc les ' ▁O ed ip us ▁R ex ) ▁and ▁later ▁myth ological ▁accounts . ▁ ▁Tro jan ▁War ▁and ▁after math ▁ ▁Greek ▁myth ology ▁cul min ates ▁in ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁War , ▁fought ▁between ▁Greece ▁and ▁T roy , ▁and ▁its ▁after math . ▁In ▁H omer ' s ▁works , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁I li ad , ▁the ▁chief ▁stories ▁have ▁already ▁taken ▁shape ▁and ▁subst ance , ▁and ▁individual ▁them es ▁were ▁elabor ated ▁later , ▁especially ▁in ▁Greek ▁drama . ▁The ▁Tro jan ▁War ▁also ▁el ic ited ▁great ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁Roman ▁culture ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁A ene as , ▁a ▁Tro jan ▁hero ▁whose ▁journey ▁from ▁T roy ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁that ▁would ▁one ▁day ▁become ▁Rome , ▁as ▁rec ount ed ▁in ▁Vir g il ' s ▁A ene id ▁( Book ▁II ▁of ▁Vir g il ' s ▁A ene id ▁contains ▁the ▁best - known ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁s ack ▁of ▁T roy ). ▁Finally ▁there ▁are ▁two ▁pseudo - chron icles ▁written ▁in ▁Latin ▁that ▁passed ▁under ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁D ict ys ▁C ret ensis ▁and ▁D ares ▁Ph ry g ius . ▁ ▁The ▁Tro jan ▁War ▁cycle , ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁ep ic ▁po ems , ▁starts ▁with ▁the ▁events ▁leading ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁war : ▁Er is ▁and ▁the ▁golden ▁apple ▁of ▁K all isti ,