The setting of The Iliad is the city of TROY, located in what is now modern-day Turkey. The story takes place during the Trojan War, a legendary conflict between the kingdoms of TROY and Mycenaean Greece. The war was fought over the abduction of Helen, the wife of Menelaus, King of Sparta, by Paris, the son of King Priam of TROY. The Iliad focuses on the events leading up to the fall of TROY, which was ultimately destroyed by the Greeks.