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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 Trojan war began when Helen eloped with Paris. Helen was the wife of Menelaus; king of Mycenae (Sparta) and Paris was the son of Priam, King of Troy. The couple escaped back to Troy; and Menelaus called upon the rest of the Greek states to support his effort to get Helen back. When the Trojans refused to give Helen back to Menelaus the Greeks attacked the city; and after a long siege Troy was destroyed.
Why did the Greeks decide to build the Trojan horse?
The NON MYTH version is that the Greek soldier and leader of the Greek army, Ulysses(Ulysses=Latin Version Odysseus=Greek Version, Same person) had thought of the idea to build the Trojan Horse to sneak inside the city with the Trojans thinking it was a gift from the "GODS".
The MYTH version is that Athena gave Ulysses the idea to build the horse and it is just the same from then on.
Who is the petitioner in the Trojan War?
For a crossword puzzle, the answer is "Suppliant", though many people say it is the King of Sparta, Menelaus.
Why were the gods in the Trojan war?
The goddesses Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena argued about who was the prettiest and Paris of Troy was chosen to be the judge. He picked Aphrodite because she promised him his choice of women to marry. Paris chose Helen even though she was already married. This started the war. And the gods had their favorite champions in the fighting.
The stories in the epics are a product of the bards who made them up. This is based on bardic material first written down about 725 BCE, but stretching back for about six hundred years before. Like all such traditions, it is difficult to separate out fact from fiction and embellishment.
From internal evidence in the epics and later traditions, correlated with archaeological evidence, it seems that there was an extended period of piratical raids by Greek peoples throughout the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor. The final target was Troy, which had grown rich on supplying and taxing the commercial ships which lay up in the Dardanelles waiting favourable tides and winds.
As for all the rest, the bards made it what it came down to us as, and very popular their performances were in a pre-television era. And just as people today think what they see on television is true, so with the audiences of the bards.
What date did the Trojan War start?
The exact date of the Trojan War is not definitively known, as it is a mixture of myth and history. According to some ancient sources, it is traditionally dated to around the 12th or 13th century BCE, possibly around 1194 to 1184 BCE. However, these dates are based on interpretations of ancient texts and archaeological findings, and there is no consensus among historians.
When did the Trojan war occur?
The trojan war occurred in September of 2001 due to the destruction of the twin towers. Troy declared war against the Al Khaida and used condoms to destroy the world.
Yes there was a Trojan war. The ruins of the Troy have been found.
What is the trojans opposition in the Trojan war?
The Greeks, lead from Sparta by agememnon and his brother menelaus.
The Trojans fought the Greeks.
Where did the Trojan war take place?
In the city of Troy. Troy was an ancient city in Asia minor,(turkey). Many myths, heroes and ledgend come from the story of the Trojan War.
A "Trojan Horse", usually just referred to as a Trojan, is a file that , like the big wooden one did, contains something that you don't want to let in. Most trojans contain code that will allow hackers to access your computer... basically creating a back door into your system.
Why the Trojan War take place?
Oral epics such as those recorded by Homer typically have their roots in real events. Often archaeologists can eventually corroborate some of the details of oral traditions with archaeological finds. This is the case with Troy. Evidence over the past century suggests that ancient Troy was located at the current day site of Hisarlik in Turkey. [http://archaeology.about.com/od/ancientgreece/a/homeric1.htm] [http://archaeology.about.com/od/hterms/g/troy.htm]
Who was the brother of the Trojan war hero Achilles?
== == None, but he was raised with females, which could lead to the misconception of him having siblings. He did, however, have a cousin named Patroclus. Achilles was known to love Patroclus as a brother.
What role did Ulysses have in the Trojan war?
Ulysses, or Odysseus, was the King of Ithaca who led his men as an ally to Agamemnon and Menelaus (along with the other members of the Oath of the Horse). He was also the mastermind behind the Trojan Horse.
How many people died in the Trojan war?
One heck of a lot. 10 years of slaughter's worth. Read the Iliad it names and gives a history to half of them!
What was Odysseus' role in the Trojan war?
He was one if Helen's old suitors, all of which has sworn an oath to back Helen's husband to defend her honour, so when Paris abducted Helen he was forced to fight in the war. Odysseus led the armies of Ithaca in a pact to retrieve the kidnapped wife of Menelaus (Helen) back from the Trojan prince Paris. Odysseus is the iconic bronze-age Greek hero. Although physically shorter in stature than some of the other prominent heroes of the Trojan War, he was broadly-built and extremely crafty. It is this characteristic of cunning which is Odysseus' hallmark. The ruse of the Trojan Horse was the product of Odysseus' skillful imagination.
Why were the gods angry with the Greeks after the Trojan War?
The gods were mad becaue a girl was killed in a temple of gods, after it was requested that she lived.
The war began 1193 BC.
The war went on for 9 years without much change but the ninth year Achilles nearly threw faith in the Trojans.
The war finished in the tenth year; 1203 BC.
BCE (BC) time counts down. if the year began in 1193, it should have ended in 1183, not 1203....
are your dates accurate?
Thanks
MrJ: His starting year is close enough to what I have heard and yes the ending year is in the wrong direction. But Barry Strauss, a military historian at Cornell has said that nine years might not mean that, had it started in 1194 BCE, Homer would have picked up the story in 1183 BCE. He says that in Greek society of the time Homer (whoever/whatever he was), somewhere around the 8th C. BCE, to say something had been going on for nine years meant that it had been going on for a long time. I think this sounds much better given the number of men that went with them was not very many for a 10 year siege (70-130,000, which sounds like a lot, but if Thucydides can be trusted, the Greeks left without much supply, intending to live off the lands they raided and essentially settled while they besieged Troy). EDIT 4-2-12: This isn't to say that Strauss is right, but it is an interesting thought and anytime numbers are involved in myth, there is typically a reason for the number other than accuracy. Numerology has always been a big thing in most societies.
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The Trojan horse was first proposed towards the end of the Trojan war, it is unclear specifically when this was. First proposed by Odysseus to gain entry to the city of troy under the ruse of it being a statue to their patron god of the sea posiden. The Trojan horse conatined greek soldiers, which, once inside the city set in motion the destruction of the city of troy.
