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Troy
Troy was a city state that was most known for the being the center of a major war and the scene of the Iliad, one of the most well known stories of the ancient Greeks.
478 Questions
Why did helen feel like she was in danger?
Because she was going to be married, and her twin sister died under very similar circumstances two years earlier. There were noises in the night-time, wild animals and gipsies on the grounds, and her intuition told her something was not right.
He is one of the princes of troy, who, by the help of Aphrodite, trickes Helena, the queen of Sparta, into being his lover in Troy.
What did Agamemnon sacrifice in order to get good sailing weather to Troy?
Agamemnon is required to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia in order to make it safely to Troy. He does so unwillingly but since it is for the good of his whole army he must. This sacrifice leads to his murder by his wife upon his return from Troy twenty years later.
The movie, Troy, received mixed reviews from film critics, but the film was a box office success grossing $497,409,852 worldwide.
What is the theme of hector returns to troy?
The theme of hector returns to troy is that hector pooed his pants. and had sex with his poo
How long did the battle of Troy go for?
For several weeks. The Iliad indicates that after an initial failed attack, the Greeks went off pillaging the coast and islands of Asia Minor and came back when everything was all looted out at have a final go at Troy.
The Iliad deals with only a short segment of the saga of the Trojan War. The actual war, if it happened, was said to have continued for ten years. === === This was therefore not a Trojan War, but an ongoing organised piratical raid, in which Troy was but one of many targets, at least according to the legend as it has come down to us from a myriad of oral and written fragmentary sources. One must try to separate oral tradition (legend, if you will) from later sources, such as Diodorus Siculus, who may have been working from some oral tradition or may have been doing to the Trojan War legend what Mallory did to the Arthurian one. No one knows for sure.
What is certain is that the king of Hatti, to whom Wilusa (Troy) was a vassal state, mentioned in a surviving diplomatic text to the king of the Greeks (or at least part of the Greeks) that there had been trouble over Wilusa that was now settled between the two kings. That there had been ongoing friction between the Greeks and Hittites is certain, and that any large-scale siege of a city as well fortified as Troy would have required raids in and around the islands and west coast of modern Turkey is also certain. What is not certain is that there was, or was not, a Trojan War.
According to myth they did. Aeneas and his group were supposed to be refugees from Troy. However in reality Rome was probably established by a group of local farmers banning together for mutual protection.
What are the reasons for killing Hector in the book of Iliad?
In a nutshell, Achilles (or Achilleus) kills Hector because Hector kills Petroklos, Achilles' friend. As a result of Agamemnon dishonouring Achilles by expropriating his slave girl, Briseis, Achills laments to his mother, the nymph Thetis, of the indignity he had suffered at Agamemnon's hands. Thetis instructs her son to withdraw his aid from the Achaean forces, while she endeavours to call upon Zeus, who promises her a means by which Achilles' honour can be restored. Zeus choreographs the following days of the Trojan war to allow the Trojans to come to the brink of destroying the Achaean army, thus emphasizing their need of Achilles and his armies to succeed in the war. Agamemnon relents and sends envoys to plead with Achilles to return, but Achilles is adamant and continues to withhold his assistance. At the most dire moment, Patroclos, Achilles' dearest friend, assumes Achilles' armour and leads his armies into battle, momentarily driving off the Trojans, but ultimately leading to Patroclos' death by the great Trojan prince Hector's sword. Achilles returns to battle to avenge Patroclos' death. To allow Achilles to regain the honour he had lost at the beginning of the epic, Zeus allows Hector to be killed by Achilles, thus satisfying the promise Zeus had made to Thetis.
According to early mediterranean mythology the royal line which would eventually lead to Rome was originally founded by Aeneas - a Trojan prince who escaped the fall of the city.
The Roman national poem - Vergil's Aeneid - tells the story of Aeneas' escape and how he came to Italy to found the city of Lavinia. Aeneas' son Ascanius then founded Alba Longa. And in the fulness of time Rhea Silvia gave birth to Romulus and Remus in Alba Longa, who in turn would build Rome.
Rome adopted many aspects of Greek culture, and spread them to the Roman World.
A different tradition says that Britain was also founded originally by a lord of Trojan descent. The story of Silvius Brutus is found in the medieval poem Gawain and the Green Knight (as well as other places).
How many times has Canada been attacked?
ONE
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depends upon what you mean attacked.
During the War of 1812 Canada was attacked by American forces on numerous occasions, most notably in the Niagra area. Check out the site http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/ENGLISH/exhibits/1812/index.HTML
also see http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/ENGLISH/exhibits/1812/places.htm for an interesting list of important places from the war. This link will give you an idea of how many places were actually attacked by the American troops.
In 1866 Canada was subject to attacks during the Fenian Raids http://www.townshipsheritage.com/Eng/Hist/Military/fenian.HTML
During WW2, in 1942, German U boats sailed up the St. Lawrence river 6 times (approx 300 km from Quebec City) and managed to sink, in Canadian waters, 3 warships, 20 convoy ships, and the first US troopship sunk during the war. U boats returned to Canadian waters to sink 2 more ships. (http://www.acc-vac.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/battlegulf/uboat)
In June 1942 a Japanese sub shelled a lighthouse on the Vancouver coast.
Between 1944 and 1945 the Japanese released over 9000 fire balloons on a rather bizarre attack on North America. The balloons were caught up in the jet stream and managed to make it to North America. Recently released reports show that some of the balloons made it as far as Saskachewan.
Not sure about any other attacks. If I find our more info I'll post it.
What is three major accomplishments in Odysseus life?
1. The birth of Telemachus, his son as he will be the new king of Ithaca.
2. His wife Penelope, as she is beautiful and faithful.
3. And the fact that the Gods favour him throughout the Trojan War and his adventure in the Odyssey.
What year did Greece conquer troy?
Though the historical accuracy of the Trojan War has been disputed for centuries, the discovery of the toponym in Wilusa Hittite correspondence has made it plausible that the Trojan War was at least remotely based on a historical conflict of the 12th Century B.C.
The site of a successful siege by Greek armies which were on a 10 year looting expedition in western Asia Minor.
How long did the Battle of Hastings go on for?
the battle of the hastings apparently lasted only for 1 day until 9am dusk.
