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Ancient
Greek Wars
Trojan War
Dates & Opposition
• Dates:
• Circa 1193 to
1183 BC
• Opponents:
• Greece v. Troy
Major Events & Facts
• Mythology:
• “Apple of Discord,” Helen
of Troy
• Fact:
• May have been caused
by an economic rivalry
Zeus
Aphrodite
Helen
Hera
Aphrodite
Athena
How DARE I don’t
get invited to the
biggest party ever!
I’ll show them. {EVIL
LAUGH}
Eris
Zeus! I demand that
you give this golden
apple to the fairest
goddess!
Umm…ok!
No way! I’m not
that stupid! Paris,
you pick!
Paris
Eris
Zeus
?
Pick me! I’ll provide
you with great
power!
Hera
Pick me! I’ll make
the most
beautiful woman
fall in love with
you!
Aphrodite
Pick me! I’ll
provide you
with great
military
strength!
Athena
I choose
Aphrodite so I
can have a
beautiful
woman!
Paris
Luckily for Paris, Aphrodite kept
her promise. Paris & Helen left
Greece and traveled to Troy to
live happily ever after!!!
Until…
Helen
OMG! Helen has been kidnapped by
Paris! Brother, join me & the other
kings of Greece. We will set sail for
Troy with 1,000 ships tomorrow! I
WILL get my woman back!
I want to come too.
I just hope my weak
heel doesn’t cause
any problems.
King Menelaus of Sparta & his
brother King Agamemnon of
Mycenae
Achilles
Brother, I seem to have
started a war with the
Greeks…will you come
to my defense?
Paris
Hector (Paris’
Brother in Troy)
I AM the greatest of the
Trojan warriors. Those
Greeks are no match
for the brave men of
Troy! I’m off to kill
some Greeks!
Patroclus is DEAD!?!? He
thinks he can get away with
killing my cousin? I’ll show
him!
Achilles
(Greece)
I’m
dead!!

One-On-One
Battle…
Achilles is Victorious!
Hector (Troy)
Remember
Me??...Bye, Bye Achilles!!!
MUAHAHA!
I’m
dead!!

Achilles
(Greece)
Paris
I have a plan….
It’s a little risky,
but I think it will
work!
We’ve been at this
for years and can’t
Get past those walls.
Now what?
Odysseus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=IOHOHDqmNc0
Major Events & Facts
• Greeks
traveled
to Troy by
1000 ships
• 10 year siege; first 9 years uneventful
• Major Figures:
• Hector, Achilles, Odysseus
Winner
• Winner:
• Greece
• Burned
Troy to the
ground
Persian War
Dates & Opposition
• Dates:
• 499 – 448 BC
• Opponents:
• Greece v.
Persia
Major Events & Facts
• For hundreds of years Greek people had
lived in Ionia
• 546 BC:
• Persians conquered Ionia
• Ionian Greeks revolted; received aid from
mainland Greeks
Major Events & Facts
• Important Battles:
• Battle of
Marathon
• Battle of
Thermopylae
• Battle of
Salamis
Winner
• Winner:
• Greeks
• Athenians take
credit for the
victory; form the
Delian League
Peloponnesian
War
Dates & Opposition
• Dates:
• 431 – 404 BC
• Opponents:
• Athens v.
Sparta
Major Events & Facts
• Civil war
• Different strengths; evenly matched
• WHY?
• Athens – SEA
POWER
• Sparta – LAND
POWER
Major Events & Facts
• Eventually the
Spartans were
able to trap the Athenians against the
sea
• 404 BC:
• Sparta captured Athens
• Refused to burn it to the ground
• WHY?
Winner
• Winner:
• Sparta
• Ended Athenian domination of the
Greek world