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Map of Battles
Overview
 The Plan of Zeus
• First Nine Years of
 Apple of Gold
War
 Prophet of the Downfall of Troy
•FNYW Con.
 Idea from Odysseus
•Helenus Ideas to Beat
 Menelaus’ Promise to Aphrodite
Troy
 Paris and Helen
 The Beginning
•Trojan Horse
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•After War
•Credits
•End
The Plan of Zeus
According to Greek
mythology, Zeus had
become king of the gods
by overthrowing his
father Cronus.
 Zeus wasn’t faithful to his
wife, Hera, and ended up
having a lot of children.
 This gave birth to cause
the war of Trojan.
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Apple of Gold
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All of the gods were invited to Peleus and Thetis' wedding and
brought gifts.
Except ,Eris who was stopped at the door by Hermes on Zeus'
order.Insulted she threw gift of her own. It was a Golden Apple,
inscribed of it was ,Tēi Kallistēi, To the fairest.
The apple was claimed by Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite.
Eventually, Zeus ordered Hermes to lead the three goddesses to
Paris, a prince of Troy.
He was being raised as a shepherd in Mount Ida. Unaware of his
ancestory.
The Prophet of the
Downfall of Troy
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The goddesses tried to bribe the
shepherd.
Athena offered Paris wisdom, skill in
battle, and the abilities of the greatest
warriors.
Hera offered him political power and
control of all of Asia.
Aphrodite offered him the love of the
most beautiful woman in the world,
Helen of Sparta.
Paris awarded the apple to Aphrodite,
after several adventures, returned to
Troy and was recognized by his family.
Idea from Odysseus
The most beautiful woman in the world was Helen, daughter of
Tyndareus, king of Sparta. Her mother was Leda, who had been raped
by Zeus in the form of a swan.
 Helen is usually given as Zeus' daughter.
 Helen had scores of suitors, and her father was unwilling to choose one
for fear the others would retaliate violently.
 Finally, one of the suitors, Odysseus of Ithaca, proposed a plan to solve
the dilemma.
 He suggested that Tyndareus allow Helen to choose her husband.
 Require all of Helen's suitors to promise that they would defend the
marriage of Helen, regardless of whom she chose.
 The suitors duly swore.
 She chose Menelaus to wed.
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Menelaus Promise to Aphrodite
He promised the goddess
that if he won the marriage of
Helen that he would sacrifice
100 oxen.
 But he FORGOT!
 This earned him her wrath.
 Menelaus inherited
Tyndareus' throne of Sparta
with Helen as his queen
when her brothers Castor
and Pollux became gods.
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The Elopement of Paris
and Helen
On a diplomatic mission to Sparta,
Paris fell in love with Helen.
 Menelaus had to leave for Crete, to
bury his uncle Crateus.
 Paris with Aphrodite's help, kidnapped
Helen, and sailed to Troy carrying off
part of Menelaus' treasure.
 Hera, still jealous over his judgement
sent a storm. The storm made the
lovers land in Egypt, where the gods
replaced Helen with a likeness of her
made of clouds, Nephele.
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The Beginning
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The Trojan War was
waged, according to
legend, against the city
of Troy in Asia Minor , by
the armies of the
Achaeans after Paris of
Troy stole Helen from
her husband Menelaus,
king of Sparta.
First Nine Years of War
The first nine years of the war
consisted of both war in Troy and
war against the neighboring
regions.
 The Greeks realized that Troy was
being supplied by its neighboring
kingdoms.
 As well as destroying Trojan
economy, these battles let the
Greeks gather a large amount of
resources and other spoils of war,
including women.
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FNYW Con.
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The Greeks won many
important battles.
Trojan hero Hector fell, and
the Trojan ally Penthesilea.
However, the Greeks could
not break down the walls of
Troy.
Patroclus was killed and,
Achilles was felled by Paris.
Helenus Ideas to Win Against
Troy
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Pyrrhus, Achilles' son, fought in the war.
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The bow and arrows of Hercules were used by the Greeks
against the Trojans.
The remains of Pelops, the famous Eleian hero, were brought to
Troy.
 The Palladium, a statue of Athena, was stolen from Troy
 These were all done some way or another.
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The Trojan Horse
Still seeking to gain entrance
into Troy, clever Odysseus,
ordered a large wooden
horse to be built. Its insides
were to be hollow so that
soldiers could hide within it.
 Built by the artist Epeius.
 Trojans celebrated what they
thought was their victory, and
dragged the wooden horse
into Troy.
 After most of Troy was
asleep or in a drunken state,
Sinon let the Greek warriors
out from the horse, and
slaughtered the Trojans.
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After the War
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After the war, Polyxena,
daughter of Priam, and
Astyanax, son of Hector,
was sacrificed at the tomb
of Achilles signifying the
end of the war.
The surviving Trojan
women were divided
among the Greek men
along with the other needs/
wants.
The Greeks then set sail
for home, which proved as
difficult and took as much
time as the Trojan War
itself.