What were values and society like for the Greeks and Trojans in the movie Troy?
Things were much different back then, here are a few things of note: 1.) In ancient times, people were very superstitious, performing absurd rituals for the blessings of the Gods and always worried about evil spirits such as witches, sorcerers and ghosts seeking revenge. If you read the Iliad you can read an example of this as Homer describes how various Gods directly interacted in the Battle of Troy. This is how they saw everything, as humans being the hapless victims, subject to the whims of invisible beings. 2.) Not only were they superstitious but they were… ignorant of many of our modern views of race, sex and social class. Aristocrats (rich people) were thought to be favored by the gods. Women were not allowed to do… basically anything. Slaves were morally OK. And anyone who wasn’t a Greek was a “Barbarian” which was something less than human. 3.) Warfare was glorious. As you can tell by the Iliad and the high regard placed in it by ancient peoples. In fact it was considered
