Transcript Helen of Troy Paige Foster

Helen of Troy
BY: PAIGE FOSTER
5 Facts about Helen:
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Greek name: Helene
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Named her as the most beautiful woman of Greece.
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Daughter of Zeus.
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Helen fled to Troy with Paris.
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When Helen was only 12, the Greek hero Theseus
kidnapped her and planned to make her his wife.
3 Facts about Athena:
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Also referred to as Athene.
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Goddess of Wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization,
law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics,
strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skills.
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Zeus’s favorite child.
3 Facts about Aphrodite:
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Goddess of fertility, love, and beauty.
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Stories say how Aphrodite was born: Aphrodite rose
from the foam of the sea.
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Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus.
3 Facts about Hera:
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Hera was Queen of the Olympian gods.
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Wife and sister of Zeus.
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She was the protector of women, over marriage and
birth.
3 Facts about Poseidon:
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Poseidon was most notably the God of the sea and the
protector of all waters.
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Sailors relied on upon him for safe passage.
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Zeus and Hades were his brothers.
3 Facts about Zeus:
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Zeus became the ruler of heaven and earth.
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Hades and Poseidon were his brothers.
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Wife was Hera also his sister.
Trojan Horse:
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A hollow wooden statue of a horse that the Greeks
concealed themselves in order to enter Troy.
Trojan War:
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The Bronze Age conflict between the kingdoms of Troy
and Mycenaean Greece.
Agamemnon & Menelaus:
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They were brothers, they took refuge with Tyndareus,
king of Sparta.
Hector and Paris
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They are brothers. Hector was a Trojan prince and the
greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan war. Paris refused to
have war. Hector did everything to protect Paris.