Interestingly, there is no hot spring today at Hisarlik, the site generally agreed to be ancient Troy. Homer’s description of the hot spring at TroyHomer’s Iliad, written in the seventh century BCE, describes the final year of the Trojan War. The passage continues:“It is reasonable to suppose, therefore, that the hot spring has given out.”This explanation would probably be the simplest one. It is suggested that the hot spring once existed in the past, but has long disappeared. The real hot spring at the city of TroyThe researchers conclude by suggesting that Homer may have actually been referring to a single spring.