Solar Eclipse Used To Date Fall Of Troy

A solar eclipse mentioned in Homer's Odyssey has been used to date the fall of Troy, not to mention the exact day that Odysseus slaughtered the suitors who had taken over his house in Ithaca while he was trying to get home from the war.

"...two scholars have found evidence to support the idea that one line, in the poem's 20th book, refers to a total solar eclipse that occurred on 16 April 1178 BC – the day when Odysseus returned home to kill his wife's suitors. If true, this would date the fall of Troy itself to precisely 1188 BC," according to The Independent in the UK.