The novel “The Song of Troy” is an interesting and vivid attempt to tell about the Trojan War from the point of view of its most diverse participants, from both sides of the conflict - Helen and Agamemnon, Odysseus and Patroclus, Hector and many other characters of the great myth - who However, in “The Song of Troy” they appear not as heroes in the ancient sense of the word, but as ordinary people, with their own strengths and weaknesses. People equally capable of both very unsightly and very sublime and even amazing actions. So what did they think and feel, what did they love and hate, what did they hope for and what did they dream about - the men and women who happened to become participants the largest war and the most terrible tragedy of ancient times?