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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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Greeks: Agamemnon (Mycenae), Achilles , Menelaus (Sparta), Odysseus ( Ithaca ), Ajax the Greater and Ajax the Lesser, Helen, Diomedes (Argos) etc Trojans: King Priam, Hector, Paris, Andromache, Diephobus, Cassandra,
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Who is Delphi in the great hero before the trojan war?
Delphi was (and still is) the name of a city in Greece. The Oracle of Delphi was a woman chosen for the god of prophecy, Apollo, to speak through.
What were Aphrodite's roles in the Trojan War?
The legend was that Paris of Troy was forced to choose between Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena as to who was the most beautiful and he chose Aphrodite because she offered him the love of Helen, bringing the wrath of the other 2 goddesses which cause the Trojan war.
What was the historic reason for the Trojan war?
Paris abducted Helen, wife of the Spartan King Menelaus. This triggered the war as encouraged by Agamemnon who for a long time wanted to crush Troy.
What is the mythological reason of the Trojan war?
Goddess of discord Eris was not invited to the wedding of King Peleus and Thetis. Eris, seeking discord in revenge, threw a golden apple marked 'For the fairest' into the guests, and Hera, Athena and Aphrodite demanded it, asking Zeus to judge. Cunning Zeus got out of this lose-lose situation by referring them to Pairs, prince of Troy as a superior judge. The trio confronted Paris (aka Alexander) offering bribes. Paris unwisely agreed to judge, and awarded the apple to Aphrodite. Her payback was to give the most beautiful human to Paris who, visiting Sparta, persuaded Queen Helen to go with him back to Troy, and to make it much worse, bring a mass of King Menelaos' property with her. Very wroth about the loss of Helen, and even more about the property, Menelaos persuaded his brother King Agamamnon of Argos to organise a great raid on Asia Minor and as well as the bait of helping themselves to all the loot of the area, to help him get Helen (and his property) back from Troy.
What epic included the story of the trojan horse?
There are actually more than one that do. The most well known and most descriptive is Homer's The Iliad. But it is also referenced in Virgil's The Aeneid. And it also mentioned very briefly in the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
How did Poseidon help the Greeks win the Trojan war?
Poseidon urged the Greeks to keep fighting and gave them the idea to build a giant horse and get inside (the Trojan horse). the did as told and eventually won the war.
Who proved that the Trojan war real?
No one. What happened is legend (a traditional story believed to be true), about which we know very little other than the traditional story sung by the bards, which had been built up out of their imagination over centuries, and was subject to endless changes and additions after one of their versions was written down after writing was invented. What grains of real fact are contained in the stories we don't know.
Between what two Greek city-states was the Trojan war?
The Trojan war took place around 1180 B.C. and it was not between two city states, but between two alliances: the greek city states of Mycyne, Sparta, Argos, Ithaka, Pylos, Mermidon and others versus Troy and their allies (Thracians, Amazons, Masagetai, and so on).
Mythology states that the reason for the war was the abduction of Helen (of Troy), Queen of Sparta and wife to Menelaos by a Trojan prince named Paris. Menelaos asked his brothers' help, Agamemnon (King of Mycynes) to punish the Trojans. Agamemnon called all the greek kings to his side: Achilles of Myrmidon, Odysseus/Ulysees of Ithaka, Ajax of Telamon and others. On the other side Paris had his brother Hektor, Aineias, and others.
The war lasted 10 years. The ancient Greek poet Homer told the history of the Trojan War in a 10.000 verse poem, called the Illiad.
What clothing did Agamemnon wear in the Trojan war?
What where some facts on what ancient Greek warriors wore?
Why was the Trojan horse built?
The legend has it that, as the Greeks could not take the city by assault, they pretended to evacuate their forces, leaving behind the wooden horse with warriors concealed inside it. The Trojans took the horse inside the city, the concealed warriors at night opened the gates, and the returned Greek army entered the city and captured it.
What are facts about the Trojan war?
The war was between Greece and Troy.
Greece won the war
the war lasted 10 years
The war was between most of the Greeks and the Trojan. It all began when Eris, the goddess of Discord threw an apple that said "To The Fairest" to Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. All three thought that they deserved the apple. None of the other Gods wanted to choose because if they did, they will feel the wrath of the other two.
The conflict took them to Hermes which then he led them to Paris, the prince of Troy. They tried several things and then even appeared naked, but he still couldn't decide. Finally they offered him brides. He finally chose Aphrodite because she said if he chooses her, she will offer him the most beautiful woman in the world, including Helen of Sparta.
So now here is where the actual war starts, Paris soon fell in love with Helen, so he abducted her and they set for Troy. The thing is that Helen was already married, her husband Menelaus was away but when he came back and found out that Helen was captured,he demanded for her return.Sadly, the Trojan refused. After that, Menelaus persuaded his brother to lead an army against Troy.
Menelaus' brother's army built a hollow wooden horse; they took it to the Trojan's city walls. The Trojans thought that it was a trophy for them so they brought the horse in the city but they didn't know that there were men inside the horse, waiting for the right moment to attack.
At night when the Trojans were sleeping, the men crawled out the horse and opened the city gates for the rest of the army, the Trojans were destroyed. The war lasted for ten long years. It started around the 1200s BC and the 1300s BC.
Interesting fact: The Gods took great interest in the war. Poseidon, Athena and Hera aided the Greeks, while Aphrodite and Ares favored the Trojans.
Why were the gods involved in the Trojan war?
Because Eris made trouble at the banquet where she was not invited, and so threw a golden apple marked TO THE FAIREST. The goddessed all clamored to get the apple that Zeus finally had to intervene. The choice was finally narrowed down to 3: Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. Paris of Troy judged the 3 goddessed not by their physical attributes but by the gifts they offered him. When Paris chose Aphrodite and handed the apple to her, the other 2 were enraged and thus sided with the Greeks when Aphrodite sided with the Trojans.
Who was really responsible for the Trojan war?
Eris goddess of strife and discord, because she is the one to start the golden apple argument, and have the Athena, Hera and Aphrodite start arguing for who should deserve the apple. This is the root cause of the Trojan war, which was caused by Eris.
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Paris because he took Helen from Menelaus so Menelaus got mad and started the war to get Helen and take the Trojans city, Troy
