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Trojan War

Trojan War. What would you like to know?. The famous horse. How it started. Trojans. What happened t he first nine years. Who won. Greeks. The Horse.

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Trojan War

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  1. Trojan War

  2. What would you like to know? The famous horse How it started Trojans What happened the first nine years Who won Greeks

  3. The Horse On the tenth year the Greeks decided to attack Troy, but they could not get pass the walls. Odysseus decided to build a horse as a gift for the Trojans. Inside the horse the Greeks hid and when let in, they attacked the city.

  4. Causes of the war The Greeks set sail for Troy to fight for what Paris had stolen from them. Paris stole many riches from the Spartan Kingdom. He captured Helen (The king of Sparta, Menelaus, wife), which caused Menelaus to declare war.

  5. Famous Trojans • Priam- King of Troy who had 50 sons and 12 daughters • Hector- Son of Priam, favorite of Apollo, wears Achilles armor, killed by Achilles • Paris- Son of Priam, accepts bribe from 3 goddesses and wants Helen, kills Achilles, killed by Philoctes • Hecuba- wife of Priam, survives war • Cassandra- Daughter of Priam, has affair with Apollo, given to Agamemnon after war

  6. More Trojans… • Andromache- Wife of Hector, warns of the war • Laocoon- Son of Priam, warns against accepting the Horse. • Aeneas- Son of Aphrodite, becomes Trojan troop commander and survives the fall of Troy.

  7. Greeks • Agmemnon- King of Mycenae, brother of Menelaus, commander and fights with Achilles, murdered by his wife • Menelaus- King of Sparta, husband if Helen, commander and fights Paris to win Helen back • Achilles-”swift-footed” warrior, some of Peleus and a sea nymph, kills Hector, killed by an arrow in his only weak place, his heel

  8. More Greeks… • Patroclus- Achilles brother, kind and gentle, killed by Hector • Ajax- Prince of Salamis, fights Hector peacefully, fights Trojan ships, commits suicide • Odysseus- Son of Laertes, successful raid against King Rhesus, won Achilles armor, created the Trojan horse, famous trip back home • Nestor- Advisor who is to old to fight

  9. First Nine Years During the first nine years the Greeks attacked the neighboring kingdoms, gaining weapons, wealth, and women. The spent this time destroying the Trojans economy

  10. Victory When the Greeks gave a surprise attack on the Trojans, a massacre occurred. After the many people were killed, the Greeks burned Troy and left it in ruins.

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