1. 1900 – 133 B.C.
Ancient Greece

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. TROJAN WAR MAP

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. TROJAN WAR MAP