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• Greatest of the Greek poets
• 1,000 years B.C.
• Epic poems- 1st to make stories a unified whole
• Sung for entertainment
• Stories taught Greek ideals

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Homer wrote -

• The Iliad
• Story of the Trojan War
• 10 years
• Fought over Helen of Troy
• Achilles greatest Greek warrior
• Hector greatest Trojan warrior

• The Odyssey
• Follows the Trojan War
• 10 years
• Odysseuss journey to return to Greece
• A metaphor for every persons journey through
  life.

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Greek Hero

• Royalty or god as parent
• Distinguished as a young man
• Takes a long journey filled with many dangers
• Labors for the good of others
• Aided by a god, king, or a woman
• Symbol of Greek ideals
• Has human faults

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The Iliad - by Homer 1200 B.C
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The Judgment of Paris
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Wedding of Peleus and Thetis(grandson to Zeus
and a sea nymph)

• Eris goddess of discord, not invited
• Eris crashes party - starts trouble
• Golden apple To the fairest
• Hera, Athena, Aphrodite claim it

Its mine!
Me!
No, me!
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Zeus asked to judge
No way! Choose between my wife, daughter, and
Aphrodite? Who else can I get?
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Paris Prince of Troy
(a playboy)

• Goddesses bribe Paris
• Athena offers ambition, fame, success in war
• Hera offers power, riches, King of Europe
• and Asia
• Aphrodite offers the love of the most beautiful
  
• woman in the world

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Paris chooses Aphrodite -
Theres just one little problem
The most beautiful woman in the world is Helen
and shes married.
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"the face that launched a thousand ships"
Helen wife to Menelaus, King of Sparta
(a half-mortal daughter
of Zeus)
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Helens father, Tyndareus

• Knew many men would pursue Helen
• Was afraid conflicts or wars would be fought over
  her

• Convinced suitors to swear an oath

• to always protect Helen
• to support her husband ,
• whomever she chose

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Paris visits Helen and Menelaus

• Welcomed as a guest
• Kidnaps Helen
• Menelaus - raises army from suitors
• Agamemnon- Menelauss brother leads expedition
• Achilles greatest Greek warrior
• - son of Peleus and Thetis
• - invulnerable, except for heel

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The Seige of Troy
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Siege of Troy - lasts 10 years

• Troy high and thick walls, surrounded by plain
  of Troy
• Aphrodite- sides with the Trojans
• Athena and Hera - side with the Greeks
• Zeus- remains impartial

• Achilles kills Hector, Prince of Troy defiles
  body by dragging it behind his chariot
• Paris takes revenge for brother shoots Achilles
  in heel, killing him
• Greeks create a plan
• - Odysseus known for strategy
• - Athenas favorite warrior

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The Fall of Troy
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The Trojan Horse

• Greeks create a large, wooden horse
• Greeks sail away, leave as gift
• Warned not to bring horse inside Troy
• - Cassandra priestess
• - Laocoon priest
• Trojans celebrate

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End of War

• Soldiers slip out of horse and open gates
• Greeks return
• Trojans are massacred
• Troy is burned
• women enslaved

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Gods turn against the Greeks

• Ajax kills Cassandra in Athenas temple
• Athena is offended
• Calls on Poseidon to create storm

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Odyssey Begins Here

• Greeks are scattered around the Mediterranean
• Odysseuss 10 year journey home begins