There are some odd differences throughout the fight scene between Paris and Menelaus.

In the
film, Hector gives advice to Paris before the battle. However, in the book, he does no such thing, and
went as far as to taunt him into bravery. The wounds that resulted were not similar to each medium of
multimedia. In the book, Paris had a slight flash from the spear that tore his tunic, but in the other he
had his left thigh slashed. One very large detail that was cut out of the film was Aphrodite saving Paris
from his death. But I do appreciate the other interpretation for his defeat against Menelaus. Instead,
Paris clutches the leg of his brother, completely surrendering in fear of his life. Menelaus boasts and tells
him how much of a coward he is as he does so. Despite the book's different take, such as the battle that
quickly played out after the fight, the film had Hector stab Menelaus when he insists for the both of
them to continue the battle.

The most apparent difference Troy has from The Iliad is its absence of Olympian gods, the Greek
pantheon of deities who reside on Mount Olympus. In The Iliad, Homer emphasizes the role of the gods
in the Trojan War. It seems that, at every turn in the story, the outcomes are predetermined by the
gods.

For example, Athena plays an important role by helping Odysseus rally the Greek troops. Apollo
backs the Trojans when he helps Hector kill Patroclus. Poseidon lets loose a great wave, pushing the
Greek boats onto the shore and into the clutches of the attacking Trojan army.

The absence of the gods in Troy allows the film to emphasize human interactions, character
development, and romantic relationships. We get a picture of human beings in control of their own
destiny. For example, in one important scene, Achilles and his army of Myrmidons, legendary warriors
from Thessaly who fight for Achilles, ransack Apollo's temple in Troy. Hector confronts them, aggravated
and bereaved over the slaying of the Apollonian priests. Troy depicts the conflict between Achilles and
Hector, while Apollo himself remains silent.

Along with removing the gods and goddesses as characters from the story, the film also excludes
several important human characters, including Oenone, Chryseis, and Protesilaus.

With the Trojan War almost universally accepted as either the 10 year siege of Homer’s telling
or several smaller engagements over many decades, the filmmakers decided on neither, instead
showing the War play out over a few weeks. The time crunch makes sense as even when shortening the
war, the movie was still three hours long, but many aspects of the war are simply not mentioned.

The Greeks took several towns and cities around Asia Minor and Thrace, even Achilles got into
the action there. Nothing is mentioned about the terrible time the Greeks had simply sailing to Troy
either. Also much of the action that directly involved Troy took place at the beginning or end of the ten
year siege, it wouldn’t be too difficult to show a time lapse within the movie.

Though the movie does a decent job of showing one of the theories of Homeric warfare, the
details of the fighting are often incorrect. The late Bronze Age weapons were well represented in the
props, with several of the sword designs pulled straight from ancient models but the method of their
use is not shown well. Bronze swords could hold a decent edge, but they were prone to shattering or
snapping.

A sword stab was possible but going all the way through the chest was unlikely as the tips were
usually rounded and there was a chance of damaging the sword. Most wounds from bronze swords
were broken bones as the heavy swords came down almost like a club. Not once in the film do we see a
shattering sword.

The armor of the film is also a travesty; not only does it not fit in well with any era, but it is
wholly ineffective through the entire film. Important/rich men like Menelaus or Hector would have had
some sort of composite of layered linen or leather with several small plates of bronze, or even solid
bronze brestplates, but the average soldier might only have a small solid plate of bronze slung across his
chest no bigger than the plates used in modern bullet proof vests.

Furthermore, the elegant armor worn by such characters as Menelaus would have been
extraordinarily difficult to pierce with a bronze sword. Armor was worn for a reason, but it seemed to be
just for show, and to help the audience know who was Trojan and who was Greek. Also listening to the
movie, the arrows make a distinctive spring noise that no wooden arrow should possibly make.

Though at the time he was considered an honorable, and cunning man, Odysseus actually
committed some atrocities that would be shocking today. Angry at a fellow Greek for dragging him into
this war, Odysseus framed the man as being a Trojan agent and had him killed for treason, other
versions have him tricking the man into believing there was treasure at the bottom of a well and then
burying him once he got down there.

Odysseus was also the man who killed the infant son of Hector as the city fell. Odysseus even
attempted to feign insanity to get out of going to the war in the first place. Though he was indeed wise
and often level headed, he wasn’t quite the good guy he was made to look like in the film.

In the movie Troy, the characters such as Achilles, Agamemnon are presented in the same way
as they are presented in the epic. The plot is also similar to The Iliad. On the other hand, there are
significant differences between the movie and the epic. Some of the beliefs are totally opposite in the
movie. For example, the movie tells that Achilles is so arrogant that he doesn’t even respect Apollo, God
of Plague. In Troy, at first, Achilles attacks the temple of Troy, where Trojans pray to Apollo. After
attacking the temple, he cuts the golden head of Apollo’s sculpture to prove that Apollo can do nothing
to him. However, The Iliad tells that Achilles respects the gods and goddesses. The epic provides
evidence for it. When Achilles hears the reason why Apollo has thrown plague among the Greek soldier,
he says that they shouldn’t make the god angry. Agamemnon should return the daughter of Apollo’s
priest. Moreover, when he wishes to kill Agamemnon for insulting him, he changes his decision by
respecting the order of the queen of goddesses, Hera.
 In addition, the movie hasn’t shown any close relationships between the Greeks and Trojans and
their gods and goddesses. No gods and goddesses are portrayed other than Thetis in Troy. Apollo has
not responded when the Trojans prayed to him to save their country, nor does Apollo show his anger
when the head of his statue has been cut off. On the contrary, The Iliad demonstrates the close
interactions between the gods and goddesses and their followers. When the priest of Apollo pray to him
to make the Greeks cry for insulting him, Apollo throws plague towards Greek, which proves his
angriness. Besides, when Achilles wishes to kill Agamemnon for insulting him, Athena, goddess of battle,
comes to him as a messenger from the queen of goddesses, Hera who requests Achilles to change his
decision. All these evidence confirm that gods are closely connected to their followers.