Drifa the White dragon

[Thunder_Gr]

Well, although it is hugely out of topic, I think Troy deserves this.
The actual name of the city of Troy was Ίλιον(the city of the Sun) and thus the Epic written by Όμηρος(Homer), was named Ιλιάς(Iliad) or Ιλιάδα(in modern Greek). Literally meaning "the story of the City of the Sun".

However, Priamous was the King of Troy, because Troy was not just the city of Ilion, but the entire area Priamous was a ruler of. So, since it has been common to refer to the city of Ilion as Troy, I used this name for the forum. Most of the people do not know the actual names of the Greek Mythology/History(whatever fits your personal views of the subject) heroes and cities.

As for my personal belief about whatever existed or not on the face of the Earth since the creation, it is hugely out of topic, and it does not deserve it to be a subject for this thread(or forum for this matter). I have apologised for my mistake of posting something like that, I hope I was forgiven.

EDIT: After I searched on the internet to see what people are told about Troy, I see that they have concluded Troy to be the prefered Roman name for the city (I also see that they doubt Trojans were Greek, so, it seems to me as a matter of prefered choise on what do you really want to believe rather than what are the actual facts about the subject...). Basically the word Troy comes from Troad(Τρωάδ&#945 which was the actual name of the area and this is what they prefered to use

 

[Divvu]

Ilium was mostly a poetic name

Troy (Troias) is just as good a name for the city as Ilium (Ilion).

Oh, well I'll trust you on this.... It has been many years since my last lessons in classical litterature, but I was positive about the point that "Troy" never was the name used by the city's inhabitants themselves, it was a latin name...
Is it even used in the Iliad? I would think it's called "Troy" just in the Eneides (sp?), wich is, in the end, a Roman-style poem, since it was written in order to give romans an aulic beginning (Enea should be the forefather of the romans)

But, in the end, as I said I trust you on this... I'm getting to old to remember well

And about Draco... Actually in latin a lizard is called a Saurian, (again, sp?), Draco was a semi-mithical word the romans would use on maps or similar to describe dangerous regions (many time you have the form "Hic sunt Leones" or "Hic sunt Dracones" on the edges of the known lands, to reflect the risk of stumbling in wild animals and monsters, the loose traduction could be "Reptiles, dangerous ones"... Well at least that's how my latin to italian vocabulary translates it)

 

[Deon]

The fact that dragons made a spark with a flint stuck between their teeth made me laugh, thank you, really thank you!!!

It took a few thousands years for sentient humans to learn how to make fire with flint with HANDS and now lizards which died off know how to do it with TEETH!
5+/5.