The Left of the Gods Missing pieces of history cast shadows of mystery over the Trojan War. For thousands of years, writers and artists have never stopped obsessing over this storied past of myth and history. One of the greatest works is Homer's epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Following Homer, the poets created a series of epic poems, with the backdrop of the Trojan War, and these different epic works constitute a systematic epic group, the Epic Cycle. Inspired by Homer's Iliad, director Wolfgang Petersen created his colossal battle epic, Troy. While maintaining respect for the original plot, Troy tells the story from a new perspective. As a modern film in this century, Petersen's Troy seeks to illustrate this piece of history from the perspective of human nature. The Iliad and TroyIf the Trojan War is a true historical fact, oral and written materials with "innovations" inevitable from generation to generation have made it an instructive and colorful history, full of myths and legends. Homer's Iliad, dating from 760–710 BC, describes the activities of the final weeks of the tenth (final) year of the Trojan War. It begins with the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon and ends with Hector's funeral. The background and final outcome of the story are not directly described in the Iliad. As the latest film adaptation, Troy, although in the spirit of Homer, is not a direct translation of the Iliad. Troy, focusing on heroes and their emotions, describes the entire history of human nature under the modern lens. The reason for the war. Looking back at Troy, we can understand that the glory of the gods is gone while the greed of humans has come. Wolfgang Petersen, the director of Troy, states this point through the words of Agamemnon: Helen is just an excuse. Agamemnon's words aside, the famous golden apple is missing from the film. Only the traces of the gods