Troy

Erdine is near the ancient ruins which are thought to be Troy, especially by local tourist tour companies. In one of the foremost achievements in western literature, Homer's Iliad, he talks about the Trojan War brought on when members of the Trojan royal family visited Sparta in order to broaden the friendship between the two kingdoms. The trojans came for supper with the spartans and after desert, one thing led to another and Helen, the kings wife, sailed away with Prince Paris. As soon as Menelaus discovers that his beloved wife had gone missing he joined forces with his fierce brother Agamemnon, the King of Greece, and summoned all the Greek warlords and declare war on Troy. As I remember, it ended with someone riding into the sunset on a great horse or something like that. Anyway, as the city of Troy mostly appears as a part of Greek mythology some argue that the city of Troy did not actually exist. But there are certain facts about a powerful nation, who used to live in the western shores of the modern day Turkey, and collected taxes from the ships which sailed near their coast. There are also written documents about Alexander the Great visiting the ancient city of Troy on his way to Persia.

So whether Troy actually existed or not and whether you believe Helen went of her own free will or was kidnapped by Paris is up to speculation. However, whether you condone or condemn them, we hope our youth always remember the Trojans.