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Trojan War
• Dates:• Circa 1193 to
1183 BC• Opponents:• Greece v. Troy
Dates & Opposition
• Mythology: • “Apple of Discord,” Helen
of Troy• Fact:• May have been caused
by an economic rivalry
Major Events & Facts
Aphrodite Helen
Does she
seriously think
she can
compete with a
true goddess
like me?Zeus
Are you jealous sister? I married a mighty Spartan King AND I have a prince drooling over me?
Hera Aphrodite Athena
Eris
How DARE I don’t get invited
to the biggest party ever! I’ll show them.
{EVIL LAUGH}
Eris
Zeus
Paris
Zeus! I demand that you give this golden apple to the
fairest goddess!
No way! I’m not that
stupid! Paris, you pick!
Umm…ok!
Pick me! I’ll make the most
beautiful woman fall in love with you!
Pick me! I’ll provide you with
great power!
Hera Aphrodite Athena
Pick me! I’ll provide you with great military
strength!
?
Helen
Paris
I choose Aphrodite so I can have a beautiful
woman!
Luckily for Paris, Aphrodite kept her promise. Paris &
Helen left Greece and traveled to Troy to live happily ever after!!!
Until…
Achilles
I want to come too.I just hope my weak heal doesn’t cause
any problems.
King Menelaus of Sparta & his brother King
Agamemnon of Mycenae
OMG! Helen has been kidnapped by Paris! Brother, join me & the other kings of Greece. We will set sail for
Troy with 1,000 ships tomorrow! I WILL get my
woman back!
Hector (Paris’ Brother in Troy)
Paris
Brother, I seem to have started a war with the Greeks…will you come to
my defense?
I AM the greatest of the Trojan
warriors. Those Greeks are no match for the
brave men of Troy! I’m off to kill some
Greeks!
Achilles (Greece)
Hector (Troy)
One-On-One Battle…
Achilles is Victorious!
Patroclus is DEAD!?!? He thinks he can get away with killing my cousin?
I’ll show him!
I’m dead!!
Paris
Achilles (Greece)
Remember Me??...Bye, Bye
Achilles!!! MUAHAHA! I’m
dead!!
We’ve been at this for years and can’t
Get past those walls.Now what?
Odysseus
I have a plan…. It’s a little risky, but I think it will
work!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOHOHDqmNc0
• Greeks traveled to Troy by 1000 ships
• 10 year siege; first 9 years uneventful
• Major Figures:• Hector, Achilles, Odysseus
Major Events & Facts
Winner• Winner:• Greece• Burned
Troy to the ground
• Dates:• 499 – 448 BC• Opponents:• Greece v.
Persia
Dates & Opposition
Major Events & Facts• For hundreds of years Greek
people had lived in Ionia• 546 BC:• Persians conquered Ionia• Ionian Greeks revolted; received
aid from mainland Greeks
Major Events & Facts• Important Battles:• Battle of
Marathon• Battle of
Thermopylae • Battle of
Salamis
Winner• Winner:• Greeks• Athenians take
credit for the victory; for the Delian League
Peloponnesian War
• Dates:• 431 – 404 BC• Opponents:• Athens v.
Sparta
Dates & Opposition
Major Events & Facts• Civil war• Different strengths; evenly
matched• WHY?• Athens – SEA
POWER• Sparta – LAND
POWER
• Eventually the Spartans were able to trap the Athenians against the sea
• 404 BC:• Sparta captured Athens• Refused to burn it to the ground• WHY?
Major Events & Facts
Winner• Winner:• Sparta• Ended Athenian domination of
the Greek world
