The Iliad

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The Iliad

• Trojan war first appeared in the epic poem Iliad
  by Homer.
• It possibly explained a war in Turkey over the
  use of the Black Sea.

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THE TROJAN WAR

• At the Wedding of King Peleus and the sea nymph
  Thetis.
• The goddess of Discord, Eris, was not invited.
• She rolled an apple to the fairest
• Hera, Aphrodite and Athena wanted the apple.
• Zeus assigned Paris to make the judgment.

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THE TROJAN WAR

• Athena offered the victory over the Greeks
• Hera offered Asia Europe
• Aphrodite offered the most beautiful woman on
  earth Helen of Sparta.
• Paris chose Aphrodite and the restis history!

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Meanwhile in Greece (Sparta to be exact)

• Menelaus, brother of army chief Agamemnon, had
  been chosen to be the husband of Helen.
• Paris breaks hospitality rule and kidnaps Helen
  back to Troy.
• Menelaus and Agamemnon gather their troops and
  sail to Troy to battle.
• The gods begin a battle of their own.

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THE TROJAN WAR

• Chief Greek officers
• Odysseus (pretends to be insane)
• Achilles (dressed like a woman/dipped in river
  Styx by his mom Thetis)
• Agamemnon, his brother Menelaus
• Diomedes
• Chief Trojan officers
• Hector
• Prince Aeneas

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During/After the TROJAN WAR

• Apollo guided the arrow from Paris that killed
  Achilles.
• Prince Philoctetes killed Paris with Hercules
  bow and arrow.
• Odysseus comes up with the wooden horse and
  concocts storySinon stays behind.
• End of war when Hector and Andromaches son is
  thrown from the tower.

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The Trojan War

• The Trojan Horse