Troy Troy Troy (, "Troia" or Τροίας, "Troias" and , "Ilion" or , "Ilios"; and ; Hittite: "Wilusha" or "Truwisha"; ) 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, 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"
Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews it was "a highly personalized, self-consciously written history of the Jewish people... " that emphasizes "themes which pervade Jewish history: wandering and persecution". However, "Kirkus Reviews" called it "picturesque but amateurish history", and Alan Mintz in "The New York Times" said that "as a work of historical writing, "Wanderings" is a mixed performance". It was also reviewed by the "Chicago Tribune" The Pittsburgh Press, and "Publishers Weekly" In an interview the author said that "the book is about people, not cultural dynamics. I walked through all of these cultures through the books I read, and I tried to translate abstract