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Julie’s Helen of Troy Presentation Helen • She was considered the most beautiful woman in the world • Daughter of Zeus and Leda • Sister of Castor, Pollux, and Clytemnestra • Her marriage to Menelaus, king of Sparta, saw her ascend to the throne of the city as a queen. • They had a daughter, Hermione, and three sons, Aethiolas, Maraphius and Pleisthenes. Athena •Athena was the Goddess of War, the female counterpart of Ares. •She was the daughter of Zeus; no mother bore her. She sprang from Zeus’s head, full-grown and clothed in armor. •The owl was her bird, and the olive tree was hers. Aphrodite •Aphrodite was the goddess of fertility, love, and beauty. •She was the mother of Hermaphroditus by Hermes. •Aphrodite used a swan-drawn car to glide easily through the air. Hera •Hera was Queen of the Olympian gods. •She was the wife and sister of Zeus. •She was the protector of women, presiding over marriages and births. •The peacock was sacred to her. Poseidon •Poseidon was the God of the sea and the protector of all waters. •Poseidon was allotted his dominion after the fall of the Titans. •His name is Greek for “husband.” Zeus •Greek God of the Sky and King of the Gods •He is a sky god who controls lightning and thunder • Zeus is king of Mount Olympus, the home of Greek gods, where he rules the world and imposes his will onto gods and mortals alike. Trojan Horse •a hollow wooden statue of a horse in which the Greeks concealed themselves in order to enter Troy. • The Greeks, pretending to desert the war, sailed to the nearby island of Tenedos, leaving behind Sinon, who persuaded the Trojans that the horse was an offering to Athena (goddess of war) that would make Troy impregnable. Trojan War •conflict between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece •the war began after the abduction (or elopement) of Queen Helen of Sparta by the Trojan prince Paris. Agamemnon and Menelaus •Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae or Argos •Menelaus was a king of Sparta in Greek mythology, husband of Helen. Hector and Paris • Hector was a prince of Troy • Hector was considered the greatest warrior of Troy, but he did not approve of the war that had started between the Greeks and the Trojans. • Paris was the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy • Paris eloped with Helen, causing the events that led to the Trojan War.