ocr: TROY In 1871, Heinrich Schliemann, a wealthy German businessman began to fulfill his lifelong dream of finding the cityofTroy. Troy was a citydescribedby an ancient Greek author namedHomer in the Iliad and the Odyssey Mr Schliemann usedHomer' s descriptions to pinpoint the exact location ofhis search even though most professional archaelogists believed this method to bea waste of time.