Trojan

WarBy: Keziah OmbangBSED-ENGLISH

Characters of the Story Eris

King Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis Aphrodite Hera Athena Zeus Paris or Alexander Helen Tyndareus Menelaus Agamemnon

Odysseus Achilles Protesilaus King Priam Queen Hecuba Hector Andromache Chrysies Apollo Calchas Poseidon Artemis

Characters of the Story

Ajax Diomedes Ares Astyanx Patroclus Antilochus Iris Prince Memnon Hercules

Priest Laocoon Polyxena Prince Philioctetes Oenone Sinon

SETTING: GREECE 1250 B.C

The Judgment of Paris

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

Me!It’s

mine!

No, me!

Zeus cannot decide

Paris – Prince of Troy (a playboy)

Goddesses bribe Paris Athena offers – victory against Greeks

and lay Greece in ruins(ambition, fame, success in war)

Hera offers – make him Lord of Europe and Asia (power, riches)

Aphrodite offers – the fairest woman of the world would be his

Helen of Troy

Helen- beautiful daughter of King of Sparta (in Greece)

Helen has many suitors- they swear oath to protect Helen and her new husband

Father chooses Menelaus- makes him King of Sparta also

Oenone

Achilles Odysseus

Paris abducts Helen

1000 ships, including Odysseus & Achilles, leave for Troy

Trojan War So the great fleet made ready. They met at Aulis, a place of strong winds and dangerous tide. Calchas declared that gods spoken to him. Artemis was angry because one of her

beloved wild creatures, a hare, had been slain by the Greeks. Iphigenia, eldest daughter of Agamemnon was sacrifice to appease Artemise.

The Greeks touched down on Troy with a very large naval fleet.

The war begins. But a prophecy foretold that the first Greek to touch Trojan soil would die first.

Achilles threw his shield on the ground and jumped on it. Protesilaus soon jumped after

being the first to die in battle.

Trojan War

The First Nine Years of War

• The first nine years of the war consisted of both war in Troy and war against the neighboring regions.

• The Greeks realized that Troy was being supplied by its neighboring kingdoms.

• As well as destroying Trojan economy, these battles let the Greeks gather a large amount of resources and other spoils of war, including women.

Gods Take Sides: TrojansHumans

ParisHector

GodsAphroditeAres, god of warApollo, sun godArtemis, goddess of the huntZeus (neutral)

Gods Take Sides: Greeks

HumansAchillesOdysseus

GodsHeraAthenaPoseidon

Zeus made a simple plan. He sent a lying dream

to Agamemnon promising him victory if he will attacked. “Men must fight for such as she” Paris and Menelaus faced each other. Menelaus was the victor. Hera was determined

that the war should not end until troy was destroyed.

Ajax and Diomedes Prince Aeneas came near to death Aphrodite save him Apollo help Aeneas and Artemis held him. Diomedes was dismay seeing Ares fighting for Hector. Hera was angry. Athena entered Ares body.

Once again the battlefield was eager to fight. Zeus came

down and help the Trojan. Hector seems errisistable. Agamemnon was giving up. Agamemnon make an

appease with Achilles. Hera once again help the

Greeks. Zeus forgot his promise to

Thetis. Hector was wounded Apollo revived the fainting

hector

Patroclus Died• Achilles’s cousin and friend.• He borrowed hectors armor and wore

it in battle where he fell to the mighty Hector.

• Achilles swore vengeance and re-entered the war.

• His mother, Thetis, presented him with new armor, crafted by Hephaestus.

Hector DiedAchilles tied Hector’s body to the back of his chariot and then drove in glorious triumph around the walls of Troy. After much beseeching by King Priam, Achilles eventually agreed to return Hector’s body to the Trojans.

The Fall of Troy

Achilles vs. Memnon

Achilles DiedApollo then caused

an arrow, shot by Paris,

to land in Achilles heeland kill him.

Odysseus was given the armor forged by Hephaestus in remembrance of the mighty Achilles.

Thank You for listenin

g! Aphrodite