The Trojan War Fact vs. Fiction. Trojan War: Fiction ► Began as an argument between goddesses over who was prettier.  A magic golden apple would be awarded.

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The Trojan War Fact vs. Fiction

Trojan War: Fiction ► Began as an argument between goddesses over who was prettier.  A magic golden apple would be awarded to the winner. ► Because the apple starts a competition that leads to a war, it became known as the “Apple of Discord”

Trojan War: Fiction ► Paris, prince of Troy, is made to judge the competition by Zeus. ► Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite try to bribe him. ► Paris chooses Aphrodite after she promises him the most beautiful woman on earth: Helen

Trojan War: Fiction ► Paris, prince of Troy, steals Helen away from her husband, Menelaus, King of Sparta.  Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon declare war on Troy.  A massive army heads to Troy on over 1,000 ships.

Trojan War: Fiction  Trojan war lasts 10 years  Many heroes die:  Ajax – Greek  Hector – Prince of Troy  Achilles – Greek  Paris – Prince of Troy  King Priam of Troy

Trojan War: Fiction ► The Greeks come up with a plan to get inside Troy: The Trojan Horse  Has Greek soldiers hidden inside.

Trojan War: Fiction  Hidden Greeks sneak out at night and open the gates of Troy  The Greek army pours into the city, slaughters everyone, and burns Troy to the ground.

Trojan War: Fact ► The story of the Trojan War is told in epic poems written by Homer  Iliad  Odyssey ► The war supposedly occurred around the 1100 or 1200’s BC.

Trojan War: Fact ► Troy did exist, and was in western Anatolia (present day Turkey)  Ruins of Troy discovered by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann

Trojan War: Fact ► A war was fought between Greeks and Trojans  Troy was burned down ► Specific names and dates are not known. ► Homer tells good stories.