1. Ancient Greek Wars

2. Trojan War

3. Dates & Opposition Dates: Circa 1193 to 1183 BC Opponents:
Greece v. Troy

4. Major Events & Facts Mythology: “Apple of Discord,” Helen of Troy
May have been caused by an economic rivalry

5. Does she seriously think she can compete with a true goddess like me?
Are you jealous sister? I married a mighty Spartan King AND I have a prince drooling over me?
Zeus
Helen
Aphrodite

6. Hera Aphrodite Athena Eris
How DARE I don’t get invited to the biggest party ever! I’ll show them. {EVIL LAUGH}
Eris

7. Umm…ok!
Paris
Zeus! I demand that you give this golden apple to the fairest goddess!
No way! I’m not that stupid! Paris, you pick!
Eris
Zeus

8. ? Hera Athena Pick me! I’ll provide you with great military strength!
Pick me! I’ll make the most beautiful woman fall in love with you!
Pick me! I’ll provide you with great power!
Hera
Aphrodite
Athena

9. I choose Aphrodite so I can have a beautiful woman!
Luckily for Paris, Aphrodite kept her promise. Paris & Helen left Greece and traveled to Troy to live happily ever after!!!
Until…
Helen
Paris

10. King Menelaus of Sparta & his brother King Agamemnon of Mycenae
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
heal doesn’t cause
any problems.
King Menelaus of Sparta & his brother King Agamemnon of Mycenae
Achilles

11. Hector (Paris’ Brother in Troy)
Brother, I seem to have started a war with the Greeks…will you come to my defense?
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!
Hector (Paris’ Brother in Troy)

12. Achilles is Victorious!
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)

13. Me??...Bye, Bye Achilles!!! MUAHAHA!
Paris
Remember
Me??...Bye, Bye Achilles!!! MUAHAHA!
I’m dead!! 
Achilles (Greece)

14. I have a plan…. It’s a little risky, but I think it will work!
Odysseus
We’ve been at this
for years and can’t
Get past those walls.
Now what?

15. Major Events & Facts Greeks traveled to Troy by 1000 ships
10 year siege; first 9 years uneventful
Major Figures:
Hector, Achilles, Odysseus

16. Winner
Winner:
Greece
Burned Troy to the ground

17. Persian War

18. Dates & Opposition
Dates:
499 – 448 BC
Opponents:
Greece v Persia

19. 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

20. Major Events & Facts Important Battles: Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis

21. Winner
Winner:
Greeks
Athenians take credit for the victory; for the Delian League

22. Peloponnesian War

23. Dates & Opposition
Dates:
431 – 404 BC
Opponents:
Athens v Sparta

24. Major Events & Facts Civil war Different strengths; evenly matched
WHY?
Athens – SEA POWER
Sparta – LAND POWER

25. 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?

26. Winner
Winner:
Sparta
Ended Athenian domination of the Greek world