Epic Poet (c. 700 B.C.) Homer? The IliadThe Odyssey An epic about the Trojan War An epic poem about Odysseus’ long voyage home from Troy Oral traditions.

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Epic Poet (c. 700 B.C.) Homer? The IliadThe Odyssey An epic about the Trojan War An epic poem about Odysseus’ long voyage home from Troy Oral traditions from the Mycenaean period, finally written down (hundreds of years later)

A WEDDING All of the gods were invited to the wedding of Achilles’ parents, Thetis and Peleus… EXCEPT FOR ONE.

Eris Image Credit:

Photo Credit: Goddess of DISCORD

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The Judgment of Paris, Peter Paul Rubens, ca 1636 (National Gallery, London) Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube

“The face that launched a thousand ships” Helen of TroyHelen of Troy by Evelyn de Morgan (1898, London)Evelyn de Morgan

Achaeans Agamemnon King of Mycenae Menelaus King of Sparta Agamemnon’s Brother AchillesOdysseus Trojans Priam King of Troy HectorParis Helen Queen of Sparta Princess of Troy SUITOR NEED TO KNOW (13 th c. BC?)

“Sing, Goddess, of the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, the accursed rage that brought great suffering to the Achaeans.” -- Opening lines of The Iliad The Protagonist of the Iliad Brad Pitt as Achilles

Post-Homeric legends portrayed Achilles as invincible, except for his heel. Thetis dips baby Achilles into the River Styx

“Achilles Heel” A Person’s Weakness Picture Credit: Oxford Medicine

Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector's lifeless body in front of the Gates of Troy (from a panoramic fresco on the upper level of the main hall of the Achilleion).TroypanoramicfrescoAchilleion Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector's lifeless body in front of the Gates of Troy (from a panoramic fresco on the upper level of the main hall of the Achilleion).TroypanoramicfrescoAchilleion The Climactic Confrontation of the Iliad

A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Ancient Greeks believed that the dead went to the Hades, the underworld named for the Lord of the Dead. Hades, pictured with Cerberus Lord of the Underworld

The ancient Greeks placed a coin in the mouth of the deceased to pay the boatman for passage across the river Styx to Hades.

John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, Charon and Psyche (1883)

Bertel Thorvaldsen, Priam Pleads with Achilles for Hector's Body ( ) Homer’s Iliad ends when Achilles gives Hector’s body to Priam to receive the proper funeral ceremonies.

The story of the Trojan Horse appears in Virgil’s Aeneid, not in Homer’s works.

19 th c. Excavated Troy(?) Schliemann believed that the events in Homer’s Iliad were based on actual, historical events.

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...and the French are taking note!