Page "Hector" Paragraph 38

There is little direct evidence of the historical existence of Homeric heroes ; i. e., no inscriptions, signatures, eye-witness accounts, etc.

Theories about them have to rely on a preponderance of other evidence, which alone are not solid enough to warrant much conclusiveness.

The most valuable evidence, if relevant, are the treaties and letters mentioned in Hittite cuneiform texts of the same approximate era, which mention an unruly Western Anatolian warlord named Piyama-Radu ( possibly Priam ) and his successor Alaksandu ( possibly Alexander, the nickname of Paris ) both based in Wilusa ( possibly Ilion / Ilios ), as well as the god Apaliunas ( possibly Apollo ).