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The Iliad, The Odyssey, - Kyrene School District
www.kyrene.orgbitter war between the Greeks and Trojans over the capture of the Spartan queen Helen by Trojan prince Paris, is a prequel toThe Odyssey and The Aeneid. The Odysseytells of the Greek warrior Odysseus’s adventurous journey home after the Trojan War. The Aeneid is the story of the refugee Trojan prince Aeneas and his long journey to find a new ...
The Trojan War: Main Characters - University of California ...
tdps.berkeley.eduThe Trojan War: Main Characters Trojan War, legendary conflict between the early Greeks and the people of Troy in western Anatolia, dated by later Greek authors to the 12th or 13th century BCE. The war stirred the imagination of the ancient Greeks more than any other event in their history and was celebrated in the Iliad and the
Greek mythology - MS. TIMMEL'S CLASSES
timmel.weebly.comthat caused the Trojan War, but if you ask her she would tell you it was her half-sister, Helen’s, fault. In the legend of the Golden Apple of Discord Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite all claimed to be the fairest goddess. Paris, the Prince of Troy, awarded it to Aphrodite beginning a chain of events that led to the Trojan War.
T H E I L L U S T R AT E D ODYSSEY - Mythweb
www.mythweb.comThe Trojan War was over. The clever Greek Odysseus had tricked the enemy into bringing a colossal wooden horse within the walls of Troy. The Trojans had no idea that Greek soldiers were hidden inside, under the command of Odysseus. The Greeks had been been laying siege to Troy for nine long years, but suddenly it looked like their whole
AC Greece FINAL copy - Aurora Public Schools
aurorak12.orgThe Trojan War occurred during this period. The age of the city-states was between 1100 to 700 BC. Only a few cities had kings, and others were moving towards democracy, where each person had a vote in matters of state. The wealth of the Greeks grew as they traded more widely in the ...
Ancient Greece - 6th Grade Social Studies
nsms6thgradesocialstudies.weebly.comTrojan War—legendary battle between the ancient Greeks and the people of Troy in the 12th or 13th century B.C. Early Greek Civilizations Brief #1 The physical geography of any place is an important key in understanding how and why its civilization developed the way it did.