title: Genetic drift. Descent, lineage, and pedigree of the Trojans in Homer's Iliad.
abstract: Homer's Iliad, is an epic poem that describes the last 70 days of the Trojan War, which was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans. Here, the descent, lineage, and the pedigree of the Trojans are presented. In the Illiad, they are said to have originated from Zeus. Beginning with him, the Trojan pedigree comprised 17 men in 8 generations with Dardanus, founder of Dardania in the second generation; Tros, King of the Trojans in the fourth generation; and the two heroes Hector and Aeneas in the eighth generation. In the seventh generation, Priam, as King of the Trojans, had a huge family, including 50 sons: 19 children with his wife Hecabe, other sons with many different wives, and some daughters as well. Hector, the first born, became leader of the Trojans. Hector's brother, Paris, in abducting Helen of Sparta, the wife of King Menelaus, caused the Trojan War to break out.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology and Surgery, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Euterpe
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bazopoulou-Kyrkanidou
mesh_terms: D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008091:Literature; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history; D008957:Models, Genetic; D011037:Poetry as Topic