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Troy in England?

Although most translations say that the attackers of Troy were the Greeks, those are wrong. The real assaulters of Troy were the Achaeans, which translates to "sea-men." The customs described in the Iliad are typically Celtic. It is the general belief that the Troy is in Turkey because of the locations of Hellespont, Lesbos, Tenedos, and Samothrace. Also because the story was written in ancient Greek. Most of Homer's descriptions do not relate to the region that they believe to be Troy. Most of Europe's river names are very ancient. So there should be some resemblance to the names in the Iliad and the current setting. Homer mentions nine rivers in the Trojan plain. However these rivers were thought to be part of the writer's imagination, because no such rivers exist in Turkey, but there is a match to these rivers in England.
Name as Homer says Modern Name
RHEsos RHEE
Heptaporos
(translates to ‘seven fords’)
Hiz and Ivel
(have seven fords)
KARESos KARESdic
(Middle Ages)
CAR Dike
(currently)
RHODIos RODIng
GRENicos GRANta
AISEpos ISE
SCAMandrios CAM
SimOEIS LittleOUSe
KAÜSTRios Yare
(near CAISTER-on-Sea)
RHEsos RHEE
AXIos EXE
TEMESEsos TEMES

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