Historic Trojan war- Priam was Hakkani, Dymas was Tudhaliya, Otreus was Suppiluliuma, Asius was Zida

 Historic Trojan war- Priam was Hakkani, Dymas was Tudhaliya, Otreus was Suppiluliuma, Asius was Zida by Eulalio Eguia Jr.

This is the transcript to my Youtube video published on April 3, 2024.

The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology between the Achaean Greeks against the city of Troy. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology, and it has been narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably Homer's Iliad. The core of the Iliad (Books II – XXIII) describes a period of four days and two nights in the tenth year of the decade-long siege of Troy. 

The key to unlocking the historic Trojan war in my opinion, is to first identify who exactly the Trojans, the Amazons, and the Achaeans were in history because these were the major players in the Iliad. In my previous video titled “Historical Troy was in Eupatoria near the Amazon city of Themyscira on the Black Sea southern coast”, I talked about the alliance between the Trojans and the Amazons during the war, and how close was Themyscira, the capital of the Amazons, to the city of Troy (which I identified as Eupatoria), just 65 kilometers away from each other.  

In that video I concluded based on Homer’s descriptions that the city of Troy must be located near the conjunction of two rivers, namely, Scamander (which I identified as the Iris or Yesilirmak river) and the Simoeis river (which I identified as the Lycus or Kelkit river). And Eupatoria, just like Troy, was located just south of where the Lycus flows into the Iris river. Both Eupatoria and Themyscira were near the southern coast of the Black Sea in Turkey in a region also known as the Pontic region of Asia Minor  in northern Anatolia, Turkey. 

Also, in my other video titled “Troy was Hayasa, Amazon was Azzi, Anniya was Achilles & Mursili's eclipse on Trojan war's 10th year”, I identified the Trojan-Amazon alliance as the Hayasa-Azzi confederation located in the Pontic region of Asia Minor where also Eupatoria and Themyscira were located. I specifically identified Hayasa as Troy, and Azzi as Amazon.

I ended that video by saying that Mursili II’s historical solar eclipse was visible at the mouth of the Yesilirmak river (where according to Homer the Trojan war battles were fought) on August 2, 979 BC at 2:31:30 UTC just 17 minutes after sunrise. That day also marked the death of Patroclus, a close friend of Achilles, during the 10th year of the Trojan war. I dated Mursili’s eclipse using Stellarium in my video titled “Redating Mursili II's solar eclipse to August 2, 979 BC means Hittite chronology is 334 years too early”. This eclipse occurred in the latter part of Mursili’s 10th year. Thus, Mursili’s 1st year when he ascended the Hittite throne, coincided with the first year of the Trojan war. 

In this video, I will now identify the historical personages and their associated character names in the Iliad which documented the Trojan war. First let me identify King Priam of Troy who married Hecuba, the daughter of King Dymas of Phrygia. Hakkani was a Hayasan king (and in my research, the Trojan king Priam) who proceeded to marry the sister of Šuppiluliuma I, a Hittite king. Suppiluliuma’s father was the Hittite king Tudhaliya II who I identify as King Dymas of Phrygia. Thus, the unnamed sister of Suppiluliuma and daughter of Tudhaliya, was Hecuba, while the Phrygians of Iliad were the Hittites of history in my research.

Dymas is said by Homer to have had a son named Otreus, who fought the Amazons together with a young Priam a generation before the Trojan War, but was not part of the Trojan war. Dymas had another son named Asius who fought in the Trojan war but did not die in the narrative of the Iliad. I believe Otreus was king Suppiluliuma, one of the sons of king Tudhaliya, and Asius was Zida, which some historians believe was probably the brother of Suppiluliuma, and therefore a probable son of Tudhaliya. 

Mursili was the third born son of King Suppiluliuma, one of the most powerful men to rule over the Hittite Empire. Mursili assumed the Hittite (or Hatti) throne after the premature death of Arnuwanda II who, like their father, Suppiluliuma, fell victim to the plague which ravaged the Hittites shortly before Murisili’s reign started. Since I believe the start of Mursili’s reign coincided with the 1st year of the Trojan war, this means Suppiluliuma was already dead when the war started. 

Tudhaliya the Younger, was the son and the intended heir of Tudhaliya. He was ‘eliminated’ by his brother Suppiluliuma on his way to kingship, and therefore, he too was already dead when the Trojan war started. This leaves only Zida as the other probable son of Tudhaliya who could have fought during the Trojan war. And this is why I believe Zida was Asius while Suppiluliuma was Otreus who did not fight in the Trojan war.

When Suppiluliuma was still a general of his father Tudhaliya, he was sent to defeat Hayasa-Azzi. The Hittite campaign resulted in the conquest of Hayasa, for subsequently Suppiluliuma established it as a Hittite vassal state after drawing up a treaty with Hakkana, the current ruler of Hayasa that time. This treaty was sealed by the marriage of Hakkani (or Hakkana) to Suppiluliuma’s sister and daughter of Tudhaliya, who in my research was also Hecuba, wife of king Priam, in the Iliad. 

Although there is no known record in history of Tudhaliya and Suppiluliuma fighting the Azzis or the Amazons, I believe a Hittite military campaign also happened against the Amazons after the peace treaty between the Hittites and the Hayasans was sealed. It was during this war that the Hayasan king Hakkani (who was also the young Trojan king Priam that time) fought together with Suppiluliuma, who I believe was Otreus, as allies to subjugate the Amazons. This story was narrated by the aging Priam to Helen. 

Mygdon of Phrygia was a Phrygian king mentioned fighting in this war together with Priam and Otreus, while Dymas (or Tudhaliya), another king of Phrygia, was not mentioned. I believe Mygdon of Phrygia was Arnuwanda I who became king after marrying Ašmu-nikal, daughter of king Tudhaliya. Arnuwanda  began his reign under a co-regency with Tudhaliya. However historians differentiated Arnuwanda’s father-in-law Tudhaliya from the Tudhaliya who was the father of Suppiluliuma. 

According to historians, Arnuwanda’s father-in-law Tudhaliya was the grandfather of Tudhaliya who was the father of Suppiluliuma. Historians however admit that the proper numbering of the Hittite rulers who bore the name Tudhaliya is problematic to them. Just like in the case of Persian kings, there were no appellations or numbering such as the first, the second, and so on among Hittite kings having the same name. 

And in my video titled “Daniel's 70 weeks part 1, correcting errors in Persian chronology by redating historical eclipses”, I showed how chronological errors were made when astronomical tablets were assigned to the wrong kings whose names were shared by more than one Persian king, like in the case of Artaxerxes I and Artaxerxes II.

I believe Arnuwanda’s father-in-law and Suppiluliuma’s father were one and the same Tudhaliya who was named Dymas in the Iliad. The co-regency between Mygdon and Dymas would explain why Asius, son of Dymas and brother of Hecuba, and another Phrygian prince, named Coroebus, son of Mygdon, both fought during the Trojan war.

To summarize this video, in my research of Greek mythology combined with Hittite history, Priam was Hakkani, Dymas was Tudhaliya, the father of Suppiluliuma I, Hecuba was the unnamed daughter of Tudhaliya and sister of Suppiluliuma, Otreus was Suppiluliuma, Asius was Zida, Mygdon of Phrygia was Arnuwanda I, son-in-law of Tudhaliya and brother-in-law of Suppiluliuma.