It likely corresponds to modern-day Hisarlik. The city of Troy did exist, and the geography described matches the region. However, it does appear to have alluded to some real events and places, which means that it might actually have a historical basis. In the case of the Iliad, the story as written is removed from its transcription by roughly four centuries. Remember that these are oral traditions just because they once told stories that happened doesn't necessarily mean they still do. Note, though, that it implies that you have to take any historical basis with a grain of salt. So, I'm going to go out on a limb and rephrase your question for you: did The Iliad and The Odyssey develop around historical events? This question is actually more directly answerable. These stories get told and re-told they accrue variations, adopt easily memorizable rhythms, and underwent significant changes as time went on.
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Stories like these may have traced real events, but they were educational tools about good manners, how to treat guests, marks of cultural significance, and just generally how the gods affect peoples' lives. They didn't arise from Greek mythology (any more than mythology arises from itself), because in oral tradition mythology, story and history quickly blend together. So, the major correction to your question is: The Iliad and The Odyssey are a part of Greek mythology. It's even debatable whether anyone named "Homer" even existed at all, but if they did, certainly all they did was transcribe a purely verbal story that was passed down for generations.
The Iliad and The Odyssey aren't texts written by Homer. This two-case exhibit was designed as a companion exhibit to “Homer in Print: The Transmission and Reception of Homer’s Works,” running from January 13 – Main the Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Gallery in the Joseph Regenstein Library, First Floor.I'm going to start with a minor framing correction, before I go on to actually answer your question. While the epics may have begun with the voice of a singing bard, they have found their way into a wide array of new media: on a stage as a play, musical, or opera, over the air waves in radio programs and television shows, and onto the silver screen from silent film to Hollywood blockbuster.
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In the exhibit comic books and graphic novels are displayed alongside photographs of ancient marble panels with captioned scenes of the Homeric epics carved in low relief and a series of Roman wall paintings depicting the colorful events of Odysseus’s voyage. Stories from the Iliad and Odyssey have also been favorites with illustrators, both ancient and modern. And, of course, parodies are an amusing nod to Homer and always delight. Sometimes an elaborate hoax serves as a narrative frame.
These narratives, either viewed through the eyes of one of the main characters or through completely made up figures, often purport to correct the Homeric account.
Retelling the events of the Iliad and Odyssey from another’s point of view has been a favorite vehicle for adaptation. Others have retold the tales, but set them in a different time period, sometimes far into the future or in a different setting miles from the Mediterranean. Some writers have simply retold the stories in abridged form, maybe for a younger audience or simply to emphasize the most dramatic segments. The Iliad and the Odyssey have fascinated us for nearly 3,000 years, inspiring authors of all ages to produce a variety of creative and distinctive adaptations.
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