Web1 giorno fa · Name. In Classical Greek, the city was referred to as both Troia (Τροία) and Ilion (Ἴλιον) or Ilios (Ἴλιος). Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the latter was originally pronounced Wilios.These names seem to date back to the Bronze Age, as suggested by Hittite records which refer to a city in northwest Anatolia called …