Pergamon matches the description of the Plain of Troy

In his book, John Crowe provides evidence that the Plain of Troy really did exist, and was not a myth. He argues that the Ancient Greek city of Pergamon must have been the location of the Trojan plain, and therefore the city of Troy could be at Bergama. The author John Lascelles, also wrote a book on the same topic called 'Troy: The World Deceived: Homer's Guide to Pergamum'. For 9 years, the Trojans confined the Greeks to a fortified beachhead on the shore.^[1] Homer's description of the Trojan plain where the war took place correlates with Pergamon's location and landscape. It lies to the east of the island of Lesbos, and in between Lesbos and Phrygia, in 'the uplands'. Achilles says to Priam in Book 24, 'We hear that once you were happy; how of all that towards the sea Lesbos, the seat of Macar, encloses, and Phrygia in the upland, and the boundless Hellespont, over all these people, men say, you, old sit, were pre-eminent'. This means the southern tip of Lesbos had a view of the southern boundary of Troy. The island of Lesbos is opposite the modern city of Bergama, where Pergamon is situated, so this is very telling.^[1] John Crowe claims the well-known features of the Trojan plain still remain at Pergamon today, such as the site of Kallikolone and the Wall of Herakles.^[2]

[P1] If we find the Plain of Troy, then we can locate the city. [P2] The Plain of Troy, as described by Homer, matches the topography of Pergamon. [P3] Therefore, the ruins of Troy are at modern Bergama.