(CUL) TURKISH SCULPTORS TO MAKE HECTOR'S SCULPTURE IN ANCIENT TROJAN CITY.CANAKKALE, Jul 16, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish sculptors will make a sculpture of Hector in an Aegean city, which was a Trojan city in the past. A group of Turkish sculptors will construct the sculpture of Hector, one of the heroes in the Trojan War Trojan War, in Greek mythology, war between the Greeks and the people of Troy. The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. When Menelaus demanded her return, the Trojans refused. , in Intepe hamlet of the Aegean province of Canakkale, mayor told AA correspondent on Thursday. Canakkale is a Turkish city where the Trojan War took place. Intepe's Mayor Alaaddin Ozkurnaz said sculptors began constructing Hector's sculpture on July 8. "The sculpture will be completed within a month," Ozkurnaz said. Ozkurnaz said they thought of placing the sculpture in Intepe town, and it would be visible from vehicles passing through Izmir-Canakkale highway. The marble sculpture Marble sculpture is the art of creating three-dimensional forms from marble. Sculpture is among the oldest of the arts. Even before painting cave walls, early humans fashioned shapes from stone. From these beginnings, artifacts have evolved to their current complexity. will be in three-meters height, but it will almost be a 5-meter-high sculpture along with its base. In Greek mythology Greek mythology Oral and literary traditions of the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes and the nature and history of the cosmos. The Greek myths and legends are known today primarily from Greek literature, including such classic works as Homer's Iliad and , Hector is a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. He is the son of Priam and Hecuba, a descendant of Dardanus, who lived under Mount Ida Two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida in Greek mythology, equally named "Mount of the Goddess." Both are associated with the Mother Goddess in the deepest layers of pre-Greek myth: Mount Ida, Crete, and Mount Ida, Turkey, known as Phrygian Ida in Classical times. , and of Tros, the founder of Troy. He acts as leader of the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy. The Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology, and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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