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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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Where was Cassandra of the Trojan War born?
As legend says she was the daughter of king Priam and queen Hecuba of Troy, we presume she was born in Troy.
What gods were on the side of the Greeks during the Trojan War?
It is hard to give a complete list, as the gods, being gods, were capricious and fell in or out with each side for various reasons. Some Greek-supporters were Athene, Hera, Hermes, Hephaestos, Poseidon, Thetis.
According to the only known source, the Iliad by Homer, the Trojan War lasted for ten years.
What people fought in the Trojan War?
The Trojans, more specifically, Paris, Hector, and all of the Trojan army.
Greeks from all around including Agamemnon, Achilles, and Odysseus.
When was the Trojan war fought?
The war lasted for ten years and it has been traditionally dated from 1194 to 1184 BC.
What did the soldiers eat during the Trojan War?
Mainly bread, vegetables and fruit. On the Greek side, the 5th Century BCE historian Thucydides postulated that, with 120,000 to feed, half the force had to be farming on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the other side of the Dardanelles strait to keep up a food supply after they had looted everything available on the Asia Minor coast and islands.
Who was the Trojan war fought between?
Sparta versus Troy. Because Paris of Troy took Helen, King Menelaus' wife.
What did King Priam do in the Trojan war?
King Priam was the ruler of Troy during the Trojan War. He played a passive role, primarily seeking peace and diplomacy to end the conflict. Priam famously pleaded with the Greek hero Achilles to return the body of his son, Hector, for a proper burial. This display of compassion humanized Priam and highlighted the tragic nature of the war.
Eventually Sparta did, Meleaus took back Helen and killed her, and Agamemnon concoured another city but when he got home his wife killed him in the bath tub.
What is the climax of the Trojan War?
The destruction of all the settled areas along the coast of Asia Minor and adjacent islands by the Greek Achaeans came to an end after ten years, not a climax, with the sack of the last of its major cities, Troy in the 12th Century BCE. Thereafter there was a great movement of peoples through the eastern Mediterranean. The Greek Dorians moved into the Peloponnese and Crete, the Greek Ionians colonised the Asia Minor coast, the 'Sea Peoples' spread to the Levant and the Islands. This was the Dark Age of Greece, which lasted to the 8th Century BCE, about the time of Homer.
Who was Paris in the Trojan war?
Paris was one of the princes of Troy, specifically the one who stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. This event sparked the Trojan war when Menelaus asked his brother Agamemnon for help getting her back.
Paris is viewed as a weak character, using a bow and avoiding close combat like the major heroes of mythology. This skill, although looked down upon, is used to defeat Achilles, who dies from an arrow through his heel which some accounts say was shot by Paris. He eventually dies in the Trojan war.
What happens to Achilles in the Trojan war?
Achilles was dipped into the River Styx from his heel when he was a baby by his mother Thetis, which allowed him to become nearly invincible. His only weakness was his heel. Achilles was in war and fought for the Greeks. He got shot with an arrow through his heel and it killed him.
What is the timeline of the Trojan War?
1200 BC - 332 BC IRON AGE : Start of the Trojan War
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Is the Trojan War a true story?
Accounts of the Trojan War are legendary (ie a traditional story believed to be true). The story has been built up from a diversity of sources, from the epic Iliad (which covers a few weeks of the closing stages) through later plays, passing references in other writings, and pottery paintings.
The legend is unreliable, as it reflects political and social conditions covering about six centuries, built up from the repertoire of the bards who composed and sang the epic tales such as the Iliad. Much of the content, purportedly describing 12th Century BCE events, really reflects Dark Age Greece of the 8th Century BCE, in which the Iliad's reputed composer, Homer, lived. Indeed there were many different versions of the story by a variety of bards, who made up their own versions, and even varied their own versions. Even the archaeological excavations of the site traditionally held to be that of Troy (Ilium) are inconclusive.
The best which can be said is that there was apparently a coordinated series of pirate raids by the Achaeans (Greeks) on the coast and islands of Asia Minor in the 12th Century BCE, lasting about ten years. This culminated in the sack of Troy.
The rest is based on oral transmission which, after about three generations, becomes so corrupted that it is impossible to determine which is fact and which is fiction and embellishment. Even when Homer's version was written down, it was edited and changed so heavily over the centuries that we don't know what he actually wrote. Much of the supplementary stories comes from later plays and pottery paintings.
Who kidnaps Helen to begin the Trojan War in the story of The Iliad?
No kidnap - the woman went quite willingly, and stole her husband's property to take with her and Paris (Alexander) prince of Troy.
Which Greek woman started the Trojan War?
The legend is that Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta absconded with visiting prince Paris (Alexander) of Troy, adding injury to insult by smuggling out a large part of Menelaus' portable property with her.
Menelaus appealed to his brother king Agamemnon of Argos, who gathered together a confederation of Greeks (Archaeans, Danaans) with the prospect of plundering the Asia Minor coast, including Troy.
Who was blamed for the Trojan war?
Oh, this is sooooo easy. Prince Paris of Troy and Queen Helen of Sparta. Paris took off with Helen. Her husband King Menelaus lauches one-thousand ships with the help of his brother King Agamemnon who rules all Greece. They start a war with Troy, Troy falls, Greece wins. Archilles dies.. it was basically Paris's fault. He took Helen with him to Troy.
