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Trojan War

legendary war in Greek mythology

7 dated entries naming Trojan War, drawn from 7 separate years between 1250 BCE and 409 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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13th century BC

  • 1250 BCE1250 BC—Traditional date of the beginning of the Trojan War.source

12th century BC

  • 1194 BCE1194 BC—The beginning of the legendary Trojan War.source
  • 1191 BCE1191 BC—Menestheus, legendary King of Athens, dies during the Trojan War after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. Other accounts place his death a decade later and shortly after the Trojan War (see 1180s BC).source
  • 1181 BCE1181 BC—Menestheus, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. Other accounts place his death a decade earlier and during the Trojan War (see 1190s BC).source
  • 1154 BCE1154 BC—Death of King Menelaus of Sparta (estimated date), thirty years after the traditional date for the Fall of Troy in the Homeric Trojan War.source
  • 1150 BCE1150 BC—Demophon, King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 33 years and is succeeded by his son Oxyntes.source

5th century BC

  • 409 BCESophocles' play Philoctetes is performed, with the theme of the Trojan War.source

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