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Ernest

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It is around 1250 BC Helen the wife of Menelaos has run away with Paris to the trading city TROY. This is the beginning of what will become the Trojan war. Menelaos seeks his brother Agamemnon help in gathering together an army to attack Troy to get Helen back as well as plundering the city for all its gold. Their is one problem they have to sail across the Aegean Sea to Northern Turkey where Troy is located and the winds are not cooperating. The Greeks consult the oracle who advises a sacrifice must be made to appease the Gods. Then and only then will the wind begin to blow allowing their ships to sail to Troy. The Oracle is very specific the sacrifice must be Agamemnon's oldest daughter Iphigenia. What does Agamemnon do?

The story of Troy as written by Homer in his Iliad is true Helen, Paris, Achillis were real people. In 1887 Heinrich Schliemann a German archaeologist discovered the city of Troy in Northern Turkey. What was once though to be a fable because Homer wrote the Iliad in 700 BC was now a true story. There really was a Trojan War.

This movie is excellent the actors, costumes, structures all portray what life would be like in 1250 BC. The video is very good some specs in the first few scenes then the picture is very clear from then on. The audio is in Greek with English subtitles. Iphigenia.jpg
 

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