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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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The main ones were Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, Priam, and Ajax
The only Trojan prince to survive the Trojan war?
Aeneas, who reputedly went on to Italy where his successors founded Rome. Just a legenaday story.
What happens to Patroclus in the Trojan war?
Patroclus is killed by Hector, the greatest of the Trojans.
What did Penelope have to do with the Trojan War?
Penelope was the wife of Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus.
What day of the year was the Trojan War started?
The Trojan War is legendary. We don't know the year, much less the day. Legend places it in the 12th Century BCE. That is the extent of our knowledge.
Who is side did Hera do in the Trojan war?
Hera was strongly on the Greeks, she was a Greek goddesses.
She wounded Ares just because he was a Trojan.
What was the physical appearance of Hera in Trojan war?
In the Trojan War Hera was sided with the Greeks, against the Trojans. She was most often depicted as a young woman, old enough to be the mother adult children. Often shown surrounded with peacock feathers while wearing a crown.
What was the cause of the Trojan war?
According to the Illiad, the Trojan war began when Paris of Troy took Helen, the wife of Menelaus the King of Sparta. Paris and Helen went to Troy. Menelaus, the husband of Helen sent armies to help him attack Troy to get Helen back.
As well, Troy was an important city for trade, and the Greeks were looking for any excuse to go to war with it to gain wealth and control.
Why did Paris kill Achilles during the Trojan War?
because Achilles was a huge powerhouse for the Greeks as he was almost invincible
also Achilles-killed his closest and most important brother Hector, whose last words were that Paris would kill Achilles
Who was Hector from the Trojan War?
Hector was a Trojan prince, the son of King Priam and his queen, Hecuba. He was commander of the Trojans in the Trojan War. Hector was killed in single combat with Achilles. There is at present no proof that Hector or someone like him really existed, but most myth has its basis in reality. Please click on the related link below to read more.
What happened to Odysseus after the Trojan war?
He spent the next ten years getting home. It is the story of the Odyssey.
What is the effect of death of Hector in Trojan war?
It was pretty much the end of the war for the Trojans because it was believed that without a hero, like Achilles or Hector, that the war could not be won. Basically they believed that if the other side had a hero and you didn't that you wouldn't win.
What was Odysseus influences on the Trojan war?
odysesseus thought up the idea of the Trojan horse
in the movie-odysesseus was the one who convinced Achilles to fight, and that made a difference
Negative outcomes of the Trojan War?
While the Achaians returned home loaded with loot and slaves, and provided good tales for the bards to entertain people with, they faced a weakened homefront. Peoples were on the move into their territory, and Greece entered a Dark Age for half a millennium.
The littoral cities of Asia Minor were also devastated by the 10-year looting spree. The area came back to life only by the Greeks sending their growing excess population to form colonies on the coast of Asia Minor and the Black Sea.
And these overseas Greeks became a perpetual problem, as various empires expanded into Asia Minor - the mainland Greeks supported the Greek cities there, which embroiled them with problems from first Persia, and then much later the Ottoman Empire.
It was eventually resolved after World War 1 in 1923 CE when the Greek population was evacuated to mainland Greece. The Spartans had suggested this solution in 479 BCE after the Xerxes invasion was repulsed - 2,400 years earlier, but it was not taken up.
What was the end result of the Trojan War?
Troy was destroyed and its populace enslaved.
Greece was meanwhile taken over by invading tribes and sea peoples.
Did the greek people win the Trojan war?
odysessus thought up the idea of putting soldiers inside a giant wooden horse left in front of the Trojan gate as a peace offering. the trojans brought the horse inside, thus the Greeks were able to open the gates and let all the Greeks in for a midnight surprise attack
so yes, the greek people win
Did troy or the Greeks win the Trojan war?
According to Homer's epics, the Greeks won the Trojan war by using a wooden horse, all of the soldiers climbed into it, so when the Trojans brought it into their city, the Greeks clambered out in the middle of the night and ambushed the city.
