It is interesting how so many of those old stories have some truth in them.
Schliemann found Troy by using an alignment told by Homer.
Schliemann found Troy by following the suggestion of Frank Calvert, who had already dug there. Schliemann's first dig was at a site some miles inland, on an apparently natural flat-topped hill that appeared to have been an acropolis. He found nothing. His story about being fascinated by Troy since boyhood may have been a giant steaming crock, but there will never be a definitive answer to that. The truth is, there's a residue of hostility toward Schliemann, particularly among the British.