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Trojan War
The Trojan War was a major event in Greek mythology. According to the stories, it was triggered when Paris, the prince of Troy, either seduced or kidnapped the beautiful Helen away from her husband, the king of Sparta. The war lasted twenty years.
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Why was troy so hard to defeat in the Trojan war?
The city was completely surrounded by a thick guarded wall that no enemy could penetrate, hence the wooden horse!
What is the traditional date for the Trojan war?
The date when the Greeks used the Trojan horse to enter inside the Trojan walls had been calculated for the first time using an eclipse mentioned in the stories of Homer. The date was 1188 B.C.
At the dinner banquet what does Odysseus do when he hears the story of the Trojan horse?
Odysseus was the one who came up with the idea of the Trojan horse.
he cries
What was the effect of the Trojan war?
The coast of Asia Minor was thourghly looted by the Achaean (Greek) pirates and, at the end of a decade of this rampage, the richest prize Troy was also pillaged.
What happened with the Trojan war?
The Greeks built a huge wooden horse, and the Trojans brought it into their city. Then at night, when the Trojans were sound asleep, the Greeks came out of the horse and destroyed the city. So to sum it all up, the Trojans lost.
When was the Trojan war started?
Traditionally, the Trojan War was fought sometime very early in the 12th century BC, say 1194 to 1184 BC.
Differences between Homeric and historical Trojan war?
We don't have any real historical facts of the Trojan war. It is legendary (that is a traditional story, held to be true) with the mythical insertions of gods and goddesses.
As the story is a mix of oral tradition from the various versions sung by the bards over hundreds of years, plus other sources (much later poetry, pottery and allusions), whatever facts reside in the stories are undetectable. Archaeology has done little to help out.
Who is the survivor of the Trojan war?
From Troy, only Aeneas and his family. He was also supposedly the one who created Rome, which grew to be the Greeks' biggest enemy. Quite a few Greeks escaped.
According to Homer, Aeneas had with him others besides his family, including builders, healers, and others. His own wife, however, was killed during the sack of Troy. The Trojan survivors fled in ships, and possibly numbered a few hundred in all, according to Homer. Few Greeks made it home, many were shipwrecked and drowned in fierce storms for desecrating the various temples of Troy. Odysseus did, after ten years of wandering. Agamemnon returned also, but was murdered by his adulterous wife's lover.
Was A lexander the great Spartin or Trojan?
neither he was a greek general and king(son of Phillips the 2th)
Who won the war in the Trojan war?
The Greeks won by using a giant hollow wooden horse with Greeks inside to get inside the Trojans defenses so they could open the gates
Prince whose decision led to the Trojan war?
Well, based on myth, the Trojan War actually began when Aris threw a bitchfit about not getting invited to a wedding.
Why did priam start the Trojan war?
Well it started when the goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera had a beauty contest. They chose Paris of Troy to decide by giving the winner a golden apple. But they all bribed him. Athena offered wisdom, and Hera offered all of Asia. But Paris chose Aphrodite who gave Helen, the most beautiful women in the world. But Helen was the king's wife. She magically fell in love with Paris and secretly left with Trojans to marry him. The king thought that Paris kidnapped her, and declared war on Troy. I guess you know what happened next.
How did the Trojan horse lead the Greeks to victory?
The Greeks pretended to give up and sent the Trojan horse a gift to Trojans to show their defeat. However, they actually had a plan. Inside the horse hid the Greek's army. When the Trojans celebrated victory and fell asleep, the Greeks crept out at night and burnt and destroyed Troy.
What is another famous story of the Trojan war besides The Iliad?
The Little Illiad or the Illiopersis. Or any other of the works which compose the Epic Cycle.
How did the judgment of Paris start the Trojan war?
As thanks for letting her win, Aphrodite helped Paris abduct, Helen, Queen of Sparta, to Troy.
Did Hecuba have a role in the Trojan war?
Hecuba is the wife of Priam, king of Troy, with whom she had 19 children according to Homer and to some other versions she only beared 14.
These are the children that she supposedly bore:
Daughters
- Creusa
- Laodice
- Polyxena
- Cassandra
Sons
- Hector
- Paris (Alexander)
- Deiphobus
- Helenus
- Pammon
- Polites
- Antiphus
- Hipponous
- Polydorus
- Troilus
If The Odyssey was a myth was the trojan war true?
A myth is a made-up story. A legend is a traditional story, short on real evidence but held to be true.
The Odyssey is a legend. Some of it is obviously fabricated and embellished, but parts may be true. We can pick a lot of the fabrications, but of the rest we just don't know what might be the true bits.
Things like the Odyssey and Iliad were sung by the bards for hundreds of years before cursive writing was invented, so there is no specific source material and each bard had his own versions, so there were hundreds of variations of the central theme.
How is Odysseus connected with the Trojan war?
Odysseus was the king of Ithaca and leader of the that contingent of the Greek forces besieging Troy. He was known as the smartest of all the Greek commanders. Whenever the Greeks needed a plan they turned to Odysseus. It was he who conceived the Trojan Horse.
What city of Troy was the city in the Trojan War?
The city Troy was destroyed in the Trojan War; its ruins have been located along the coast of what is now called Turkey in Asia Minor.
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