The Trojan War

The Trojan War

•  Took place between 1260-1250 B.C. •  Archaeological evidence that there was a

war, but true cause unknown •  Scholars believe the war began over the

Greeks and Trojans fighting for control of the trade route between the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea

The Trojan War

The Beginnings

THETIS PELEUS

The Bribes

HERA ATHENA APHRODITE

I will make you lord of Europe &

Asia

I will lead the Trojans to victory

against the Greeks

I will give you the

most beautiful woman in the world

The Judgment of Paris

I want the hot babe, duh….

The Cause of the War

King Menelaus King of Sparta

Queen Helen Hot Babe

Paris Dumb Guest

Is it my fault he left me home alone with his wife?

Greek Warriors Rally Behind Menelaus

THE OATH GREATEST WARRIORS OF GREECE Follow Menelaus

EXCEPT

ODYSSEUS ACHILLES

I don’t want to risk my

life for some faithless slut

Get me out of this dress;

I want to fight!

The Greeks Leave for Troy

Met at Aulis; Couldn’t sail as long as North wind blew

Artemis angry

The sacrifice of Iphigenia

You killed my rabbit, so now give now I want a dead girl

Seriously, dad, you let me be killed so you could conquer Troy?

The Warriors

GREEK TROJAN

ACHILLES ODYSSEUS AGAMEMNON MENELAUS AJAX DIOMEDES NESTOR PATROCLUS

HECTOR PARIS PANDARUS PRINCE AENEAS

The Gods Take Sides

GREEK TROJAN

POSEIDON ATHENA HERA

APHRODITE APOLLO ARTEMIS ARES

ZEUS FAVORED TROJANS BUT STAYED NEUTRAL TO APPEASE HERA

The Royal House of Troy

PRIAM – King of Troy HECUBA- Queen of Troy HECTOR – Son of Priam and Hecuba PARIS- Son of Priam and Hecuba ANDROMACHE- Hector’s Wife ASTYANAX- Hector’s son PRINCE AENEAS-Son of Aphrodite and a Trojan Prince

The Bloody Battle

Lasted for 10 years

Hand-to-hand combat

Went back and forth

Periods of temporary truce to bury the dead

The Ninth Year

Achilles and Agamemnon fight over Briseis

Achilles abandons the war

Paris and Menelaus duel- Paris flees

Agamemnon declares victory for the Greeks until Pandarus restarts the war

Zeus helps the Trojans – Greeks are close to fleeing

The Ninth Year

Agamemnon offers Briseis back; Achilles refuses

Patroclus begs Achilles to return to war; Achilles refuses

Hector kills Patroclus; Achilles returns to battles to avenge his death

Achilles kills Hector

Paris kills Achilles

The End: Odysseus’ Plan

Greeks build hollow horse and hide inside

Greeks leave Sinon to convince the Trojans to take the horse into the city

Priest Laocoon tries to warn the Trojans; Poseidon sends a serpent to kill Laocoon

Greeks enter Troy and wait until night to attack

The End: Troy in Flames

Greeks attack before Trojans know what is happening

Achilles’ son kills Priam

Helen is returned to Menelaus

Women were taken as slaves, including Queen Hecuba and Princess Andromache

Hector’s infant son was thrown from the wall- killed

Only Prince Aeneas escaped

Homer’s Epic Poems

THE ODYSSEY

Describes the 10 year journey of Odysseus as he tries to return to his home, Ithaka, from Troy

THE ILIAD

First written record of Greece

Describes the events of 51 days of the last year of war when Achilles kills Hector