1900 – 133 B.C. Ancient Greece.

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1900 – 133 B.C. Ancient Greece

End of the Dark Age (750 B.C.) HOMER One of the greatest poets/historian of all time Values: courage, honor, loyalty, education (arete) Epic Poems Iliad Odyssey

Epic Poem: The Iliad Helen—Queen of Sparta; sister-in-law to Agamemnon Agamemnon—King of Mycenae; King of Sparta’s brother—wants to conquer all of Greece  including Troy

Epic Poem: The Iliad Paris—Prince of Troy who captures Helena; they’re in love Hector—Prince of Troy; Trojan war hero Achilles—Mycenaean war hero fights against Trojans, obsessed with immortality like a God b/c no one can kill him

TROJAN WAR MAP

Iliad: Brief Story Helen kidnapped Agamemnon rallies all of Greece to “avenge his brother; want to capture Troy Achilles kills Hector in duel

Iliad: Brief Story Mycenaeans send a wooden horse filled with soldiers to get passed Troy’s walls took over After war, Achilles gets killed by Paris with arrow in his heel

Odyssey One of the soldiers that came out of the horse Odysseus (King of Ithaca) on his way home after Trojan War One of the soldiers that came out of the horse Faces many trials: Sirens, Cyclops, and Hydra Themes: intellect, strength, and bravery

TROJAN WAR MAP