Compare how the show's events differ from Homer's original Iliad .
The debate over the casting inevitably led to broader discussions about the show's overall faithfulness to its source material. While the creators maintained that they were providing an "original take," the series made several notable deviations from the accepted mythological canon. For instance, while the episode correctly shows that Paris was raised as a shepherd by a herdsman named Agelaus, it omits the fact that in the myths, Paris was already married to a nymph named Oenone, whom he abandoned to pursue Helen. The series also streamlined the "Judgement of Paris" narrative, altering the specifics of the goddesses' bribes and the nudity involved in their presentation.
Troy: Fall of a City (Season 1) is an eight-part historical drama miniseries co-produced by
Compare how the show's events differ from Homer's original Iliad .
The debate over the casting inevitably led to broader discussions about the show's overall faithfulness to its source material. While the creators maintained that they were providing an "original take," the series made several notable deviations from the accepted mythological canon. For instance, while the episode correctly shows that Paris was raised as a shepherd by a herdsman named Agelaus, it omits the fact that in the myths, Paris was already married to a nymph named Oenone, whom he abandoned to pursue Helen. The series also streamlined the "Judgement of Paris" narrative, altering the specifics of the goddesses' bribes and the nudity involved in their presentation.
Troy: Fall of a City (Season 1) is an eight-part historical drama miniseries co-produced by