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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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What did the Greeks wear at the Trojan war?
The defensive armour most used consisted of four pieces: helmet (kranos), cuirass (thorax), shield (aspis) and greaves (knimis). A weapon is called hoplon from which panoply and hoplite (a man with weapons) is derived (initially the shield was called hoplon (όπλον) but today hoplon is a general name for weapon). It was kept holding the antilabe in the border of the shield.
What Part did Aphrodite play in the Trojan war?
The Trojan war started when the goddess of discord ERIS threw a golden apple marked TO THE FAIREST amidst the goddesses. The choice was narrowed down to three: Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. The matter would be judged by Paris, prince of Troy, who chose Aphrodite's gift (the most beautiful woman in the world ) against those of Hera's (glory) and Athena's (power). Aphrodite then helped Paris abduct helen, who was then the wife of the Spartan King Menelaus. The gods and goddesses became torn after this. Aphrodite naturally sided with the Trojans with Ares, Apollo and Artemis, and others. Hera and Athena were on the side of the greeks. Aphrodite helped Paris and Hector most of the time, ánd she guided Paris' bow and arrow so that it would hit Achilles on his weakness.-
What was the reason for the Trojan war?
So there was a contest between Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera to see who was the most beautiful. The judge, Paris chose Aphrodite because she offered him the most beautiful woman in the world. Her name was Helen and she was married to Menelaus the king of Sparta. So the goddess of love, Aphrodite, stole Helen for Paris. Helen's husband was mad and they started the Trojan war.
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What was the purpose of the Trojan War?
The legendary story is that Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Melenaus, king of Sparta.
It seems to have been a coordinated series of pirate raids on the eastern Aegean coast and the islands, looking for loot, with Troy, the most prosperous city, as the focus.
Was Hercules in the Trojan War?
No he was not. He was dead by the time the Trojan War started. It s mentioned in a passage that he appears as a specter to Filoctetes.
It was your mom. She stepped into the world, farted and everyone died the end
What side was Aphrodite on in the Trojan War?
Aphrodite had given Helen to Paris, and thus was committed to their union. Aphrodite fought on the Trojan side. Aeneas was her surviving Trojan son.
When did Hector die in the Trojan war?
It is believed that Hector died in a duel with Achilles, in the tenth year of the Trojan War.
Achilles first stabbed Hector in the shoulder. Hector fell to his knees and Achilles went for his final stab in Hector's stomach. (This was all after a long fight between them that went for some time).
After Hector had died, Achilles tied Hector's feet to Achilles' carriage and ridded off with Hector's dead body dragging behind him.
What was the relationship between Troy and Sparta before the Trojan War?
Diplomatically, I think they really had nothing to do with each other, but that barrier of indifference broke when one of Troy's princes took Helen to Troy, or Illium. There was probably a LOT of tension after this, and Sparta, as I'm sure you know, trained the best soldiers on the earth. Spartans started combat training at age seven. Watch the movie 300.
When did authors first write about the Trojan War?
Homer is supposed to have written the Iliad in the 8th century BC.
What was Odysseus's participation in the Trojan War?
He was the wisest of the chieftains and chiefly favored by AThena. He was the brains behind the Trojan horse and the lie that made trojans believe that it was an offering meant to appease Athena.
How did the Trojan horse help greek defeat the Trojan?
the Greeks hid in the hollowed out wooden horse, and sailed their ships away, making the Trojans believe they had left. The trojans celebrated and took the horse left behind as a sign of surrender by the Greeks. They then brought the horse inside to serve as a statue and reminder of the Greek surrender. At night, the men inside the horse, escaped, killed the guards at the wall, opened the city gates and signalled the hiding Greek forces to attack. With the heavily fortified wall gates now open, the Greeks easily defeated the Trojans.
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.
