The Trojan War

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The Trojan War

• By Max Handler

Note The representations of soldiers in this
power point are not accurate. There werent Any
Greek or Trojan soldiers on clip art.
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The Beginning

• Zeus and Poseidon both wanted to marry Thetis- a
  water goddess- but then they learned that if
  Thetis had a son, the son would be greater than
  his father. So Zeus had Thetis marry Peleus, who
  was a famous Elian hero.

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The Wedding

• Everyone was invited to the wedding except Eris.
  Irate at the slight, Eris stormed into the
  wedding and threw a golden apple- inscribed to
  the fairest- into the middle of the wedding.
  Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each wanted it, so
  they decided to have a contest to see who got it.

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The Contest

• Zeus refused to judge the contest, so he picked
  Paris to judge the contest because Paris was
  handsome. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each tried
  to bribe Paris. Hera promised power, Athena
  promised wisdom, and Aphrodite promised the most
  beautiful woman in the world. Being foolish,
  Paris chose Aphrodite.

Aphrodite
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The War

• For ten years the Greeks and the Trojans fought.
  Patroclus- a friend of Achilles- was killed by
  Hector- the great Trojan hero-, who was
  subsequently killed by Achilles as revenge. With
  the help of Apollo, Paris slayed Achilles. Paris
  was murdered by Philoctetes, who had Hercules
  bow and arrows. Odysseus and Ajax both wanted
  Achilles armor, and Odysseus got it. Ajax took
  out his anger on a flock of sheep. He killed
  himself after regaining his sanity.

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The War Begins

• The most beautiful woman in the world was Helen
  of Sparta. She was kidnapped by Paris and brought
  to Troy. Angered, Helens wife Menelaüs decided
  to attack Troy with the help of Agamemnon,
  Achilles, Helens suitors- who had sworn to
  protect Helen no matter what- and Odysseus.
  Agamemnon became the Commander in Chief of the
  Greek army. Achilles was a great fighter.
  Odysseus was an extremely wise man. After
  Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter to appease
  Artemis, the Greeks attacked Mysia, thinking it
  was Troy. After suffering many fatalities, the
  Greeks returned home and then set off again for
  Troy.

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The Trojan Horse

• Odysseus came up with a brilliant plan to end the
  war. He had his men build a hollow wooden horse.
  He and some of his men went in, and the rest got
  on boats and hid nearby. When the Trojans came,
  they found Sinon, who had been purposely left
  behind. He said that the horse was good. Lacoon
  said that the horse wasnt good, but was killed
  by two serpents when he finished talking. Taking
  it as a good sign, the Trojans brought it into
  Troy. At night, the Greeks came out and Troy was
  destroyed. Only two princes-Aeneas and
  Andromache- survived.

A graveyard full of Trojans.
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As Troy Burned
As Troy burned, many things happened. Cassandra
was pulled from the statue of Athena and killed.
King Priam was killed as he huddled at the altar
of Zeus.
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The Aftermath

• After escaping, Aeneas ended up starting the
  Roman civilization. Menelaüs decided not to kill
  Helen because Helen was too beautiful to be
  killed. The Trojan women who survived were
  divided up amongst the Greeks.

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The End