How to Use Trojan War in a Sentence

Trojan War

noun
  • Was the Trojan War fact or fiction?
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The clip opens in the aftermath of the Trojan War.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The trailer opens with shots of the sea and a voiceover about Odysseus' victory in the Trojan War.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The abduction or elopement of his wife, Helen, leads to the Trojan War.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026
  • Cassandra, meanwhile, is a mortal who bore witness to the Trojan War.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The film is based on Homer’s legendary saga of a Greek hero traveling home after the Trojan War.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 8 June 2026
  • By night, Menelaus, Odysseus and their fellow Greek soldiers emerge and win the 10 year Trojan War.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The epic stars Damon as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, on his epic journey home after the Trojan War.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • There are towns such as Kardamyli, so lovely that Agamemnon offered it to sulky Achilles to lure him out of bed to fight the Trojan War.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2024
  • Agamemnon is the commander of the Greek army that fights the Trojan War for the recovery of Menelaus’s wife, Helen.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026
  • Odysseus, legendary Greek king of Ithaca, begins the long journey home after 10 years of fighting in the Trojan War.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
  • Damon plays Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, and the story chronicles his long and perilous return home after the Trojan War.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • In it, Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, a king who embarks on a long and dangerous journey following the Trojan War.
    — Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Son of Nobody by Yann Martel, for interlocking the ancient and modern via a retelling of the Trojan War.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Christopher Nolan takes on Homer’s epic poem, about Ithaca king Odysseus’s journey home after the Trojan War.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The short answer is that nobody knows if any of it—the Trojan War and Odysseus’s subsequent meandering homeward journey—was real.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Matt Damon stars Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, and chronicles his long and perilous return home after the Trojan War.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The feature is billed as a reimagining of the iconic Greek epic about hero Odysseus who spends a decade trying to return home after fighting in the Trojan War.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The film stars Matt Damon as as Odysseus, the mythical Greek hero who spends a decade trying to return home after fighting in the Trojan War.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Set in Ancient Greece and based off of events following the Trojan War, the story follows themes of sisterhood, found family and defying the odds.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Matt Damon leads the ensemble as Odysseus, the legendary king of Ithaca who ventures on a long and dangerous journey home after the Trojan War.
    — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
  • Based on the Greek epic by Homer, Nolan’s film stars Matt Damon as the titular king of Ithaca on his way home after the Trojan War.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The film tells the story of Greek hero Odysseus’ long, torturous and fantastical trip home from the Trojan War, back to the Kingdom of Ithaca to save his wife and son.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • Up next, he will be seen in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Trojan War epic, The Odyssey, premiering July 17.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026
  • In the 2004 film, which was loosely based on Homer's Iliad, Pitt, 62, played Achilles during the Trojan War.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The Oppenheimer director is promising an immersive take on Homer’s epic poem of a Trojan War veteran’s arduous journey home.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The trailer shows Damon as Odysseus and brief glimpses at his life during the Trojan War (including the iconic Trojan Horse) and his years-long journey back to his homeland.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The Trojan War was the foundational story of the Greeks, who are the foundational thinkers of the West, and the Gospels are the foundational moral ethos of the West.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
  • Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, who hopes to return home to his wife (Anne Hathaway) after the Trojan War, but (famously), encounters a few obstacles.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Damon, also 55, portrays the title character Odysseus throughout his years-long journey home to the island of Ithaca after taking part in the mythological Trojan War.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026

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