Trojan War

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Trojan War

• By Mr. Langreck

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Homer

• Blind Bard
• Greek poet
• Creator of Iliad
• Tells story of Trojan war
• Creator of Odyssey
• Tells story of Odysseus journey home from war

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How war begins

• Myth
• War begins with a wedding
• Apple of Discord
• Three goddess wanted the apple
• Aphrodite Goddess of Love
• Athena Goddess of Wisdom
• Hera Goddess of Women and Marriage/Wife of Zeus

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Apple of Discord

• Paris is chosen to decide who gets the apple
• All three goddess try to bribe him
• Aphrodite offers him the love of Helen
• Helen is most beautiful woman in world
• She is married to a Spartan King Menelaus
• Helen and Paris go to Troy
• Greek kings go to get her back

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How War began

• Reality
• War was fought over control of Dardanelles
• Dardanelles are small strip of land that controls
  access to Black Sea
• Important sea port
• Lots of money to who ever controlled it
• Lots of power

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Map of the Trojan War
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The War

• Greeks are unable to defeat Troy because of its
  high walls
• Gods are split over who should win
• War lasts for 9 years

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Achilles

• Great hero of the Greeks
• He stops fighting
• He gives his armor to a friend
• This friend is killed
• Achilles seeks revenge and battles Hector

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Hector

• Trojan Prince
• Brother of Paris
• Fights Achilles
• Achilles kills him and drags his body behind his
  Chariot
• His father goes to Achilles and gets Hectors
  body for burial

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Odysseus

• Greek Hero of Trojan War
• Creates plan to end war
• Plan involves Trojan Horse
• When Trojans take horse into city, Greeks hiding
  inside it can attack
• Allows Greeks to win

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Odysseus

• After war ends Odysseus brags about winning the
  war w/out the gods help
• Poseidon punishes him by forcing him to take a
  long journey home
• Odysseus faces many adventures on way home

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What it taught the Greeks

• Respect for Gods
• Man is nothing with out the gods
• Arête
• Courage
• Honor
• Eloquence
• Strive for Excellence