First Episode Appearance: 6. Troy23 Nov 2020
Last Episode Appearance: The Trojan War, with Mary Beard9 Oct 2025
Year Range: 2020 – 2025

The Rest Is History episodes about Troy

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6. Troy
2020-11-23
It’s been described as the most legendary story ever told. But did the Trojan War actually happen? And was it really fought over a beautiful woman? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss an endurin…
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13. Stephen Fry and Troy
2021-01-07
Stephen Fry is our guest on The Rest is History as he tells Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook about his enduring fascination with the Greek myths.
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457. Helen of Troy: Queen of the Greek Myths (Part 1)Part 1
2024-06-02
From the Helen of Troy: Queens, Bloodlines, and the Legacy of Myth
The story of Helen of Troy, her remarkable birth and her infamous love affair with Paris, the Trojan prince, resounds across the centuries. A figure of condemnation, pity and tragedy, her beauty set i…
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458. Helen of Troy: A Family of Blood (Part 2)Part 2
2024-06-05
From the Helen of Troy: Queens, Bloodlines, and the Legacy of Myth
In 1870 the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann - a man of remarkable energy, desperately fascinated with Helen of Troy - discovered in Turkey the burnt remains of what he claimed to be the legen…
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The Trojan War, with Mary Beard
2025-10-09
Did the Trojan War - the ten year, cosmic clash between the Greeks and the Trojans, featuring the Olympian gods, kings and heroes - actually happen? Is there any evidence for the existence of the Troj…
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