<P> Troy ( Ancient Greek : Τροία , Troia or Τροίας , Troias and Ἴλιον , Ilion or Ἴλιος , Ilios ; Latin : Troia and Ilium ; Hittite : Wilusha or Truwisha ; Turkish : Truva or Troya ) was a city in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor , now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey , near ( just south of ) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida . The present - day location is known as Hisarlik . It was the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle , in particular in the Iliad , one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer . Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον ( Ilion ) formerly began with a digamma : Ϝίλιον ( Wilion ) ; this is also supported by the Hittite name for what is thought to be the same city , Wilusa . </P>
<P> Troy ( Ancient Greek : Τροία , Troia or Τροίας , Troias and Ἴλιον , Ilion or Ἴλιος , Ilios ; Latin : Troia and Ilium ; Hittite : Wilusha or Truwisha ; Turkish : Truva or Troya ) was a city in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor , now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey , near ( just south of ) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida . The present - day location is known as Hisarlik . It was the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle , in particular in the Iliad , one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer . Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον ( Ilion ) formerly began with a digamma : Ϝίλιον ( Wilion ) ; this is also supported by the Hittite name for what is thought to be the same city , Wilusa . </P>
where is the ancient city of troy located
where is the ancient city of troy located
Hisarlik
Hisarlik