Over 3500 years ago, there was a large kingdom in what is now western Turkey ... to Greek “Ilios”, and Ilios is the other name for Troy. The Hittites also referred to Wilusa as “Taruisa ...

Bettany Hughes is an historian, broadcaster, and author of Helen of Troy, Goddess, Princess, Whore (Pimlico 2013). Here, she writes about the myth of Helen as explored through the ages ...