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The Trojan War
Between
1300-1201 BC
OR
1200-1101 BC
Myths, Legends, and Fact:
 Troy was a city in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey)
 The story of the Trojan War is a mixture of myth and legend.
Homer
• Ancient Greek Poet
•Author of the Iliad and Odyssey. They are epic poems
(a long poem that tells a story)
•Iliad is about the Trojan War and the Odyssey is about the journey home
•Homer is a mystery, not much is know about him
The Legend of the Trojan War
Helen, Queen of Sparta
Rumored to be the most beautiful women in all of Greece
Menelaus, King of Sparta
The Legend of the Trojan War
Pairs, a prince of Troy, meets and
falls in love with Helen.
The two return to Troy together.
Menelaus is very upset.
The Legend of the Trojan War
Menelaus goes to King Agamemnon of
Mycenae and asks him to join Sparta
in war against Troy.
King Agamemnon agrees. 1,000
Greek ships carrying
50 men each (50,000 Greeks) sail to
Troy for war.
Achilles, a great warrior, joins Greece
in the war against
Troy.
The Legend of the Trojan War
After many battles the Greeks devised a plan
to enter Troy undetected.
The Greeks built the Trojan Horse. Some Greeks
hid inside the horse while others hid on the beach.
The Trojans saw the horse as a gift for the Gods and
took it within their city walls.
At nightfall, the Greeks climbed out of the horse and
attacked. Troy fell to the Greeks.
Troy
Truth behind the
Trojan War:
Most historians
believe King
Agamemnon of
Mycenae wanted
to control trade in
the Aegean Sea.
To do this King
Agamemnon had
to also control
Troy.
Mycenae
Wanted Poster Requirements:
1. Name of the
person/god/goddess who is
most responsible for Trojan
War
2. Short biography explaining
who the
person/god/goddess is
3. What they are wanted for
(What did they do? What is
the crime?)
4. Reward amount
5. Picture of the
person/god/goddess
Tales From Troy: The Legend of Achilles
•Centaur – a half man, half horse
•Thetis – a sea goddess (she was a nymph, a nature goddess)
•Achilles – son of Thetis and King Peleus, he was a demi-god, a
great warriors
Achilles vs. Hector from Troy