A Lair Guarded by Medusa Far From Greece Blurs Myth And History
<p>Sometimes, there’s a fine line between myth and history. For instance, the city of Troy was once considered a legend because it was part of Homer’s epic, the <em>Iliad, </em>until the ruins of the city were <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Troy-ancient-city-Turkey" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">discovered</a> in the late 1800s by archeologists.</p>
<p>Greeks of the Archaic age, between 800 and 479 BC, had similar experiences of finding ruins of places long before their existence. Inevitably, they tried to explain them. But there was no archaeology or history, so they resorted to myth.</p>
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