TROY & the TROJAN WAR

TROY & the TROJAN WAR -Troy was a city both factual & legendary located on Asia Minor, now modern day Turkey - It is best known for the Trojan War, as depicted in Homer’s epic poem the Iliad - The Iliad relates a part of the last year of the siege of Troy, while the Odyssey describes the journey home of Odysseus, one of the Greek leaders - the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Greeks after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta

TROY & the TROJAN WAR -Key Figures of the Trojan War- The Greeks - Agamemnon: was the leader of the Greek forces. He was the brother-in-law of Helen of Troy. Brother of Menelaus. - Clytemnestra: wife of Agamemnon ruled while he was away, when he returned, she killed him. - Achilles: the leading hero of the Greeks in the Trojan War. - Menelaus: the king of Sparta. Helen, the wife of Menelaus was stolen by a prince of Troy while a guest in the palace of Menelaus - Odysseus : Greek Leader, the Odyssey focussed on his return to Ithaca from the war. -Patroclus: friend of Achilles who put on his armour and led the Myrmidons into battle, while Achilles was sulking on the sidelines. He was killed by Hector.

TROY & the TROJAN WAR -Key Figures of the Trojan War- The Trojans - Helen of Troy: wife of Menelaus. Helen's beauty was so overwhelming that Paris abducted her and the Trojan War was fought to bring her home. - Priam: the king of Troy. Hecuba was the wife of Priam. Sons: Hector & Paris - Hector: Trojan prince and the leading hero of the Trojans. Killed by Achilles - Paris: Trojan prince who falls in love with Helen and takes her back to Troy. Kills Achilles.

TROY & the TROJAN WAR

TROY & the TROJAN WAR

The Iliad Main Character - Achilles - Time- Bronze Age; The Iliad begins nine years after the start of the Trojan War - Setting- Troy (a city in what is now northwest Turkey) Main Character - Achilles Major conflict · Agamemnon’s demand for Achilles’ war prize, the maiden Briseis, wounds Achilles’ pride; Achilles’ consequent refusal to fight causes the Greeks to suffer greatly in their battle against the Trojans. Rising action- Hector’s assault on the Greek ships; the return of Patroclus to combat; the death of Patroclus Climax - Achilles’ return to combat turns the tide against the Trojans once and for all and ensures the fated fall of Troy to which the poet has alluded throughout the poem.

The Iliad - Falling action - The retreat of the Trojan army; Achilles’ revenge on Hector; the Achaeans’ desecration of Hector’s corpse

The Odyssey Main Character - Odysseus - Time- Bronze Age the Odyssey begins where the Iliad ends and covers the ten years after the fall of Troy. - Setting- Odysseus’s wanderings cover the Aegean and surrounding seas and eventually end in Ithaca, in northwestern Greece. Main Character - Odysseus Major conflict · Odysseus must return home and vanquish the suitors who threaten his estate. Rising action- The return of Odysseus to Ithaca; Penelope’s challenge to the suitors; the stringing of the bow Climax - when the beggar in the palace reveals his true identity as Odysseus

The Odyssey - Falling action – Odysseus fights and kill the suitors; they put to death the suitors’ allies among the palace servants.

Text Work Read 104-113 & Answer #1-3 on pg 113