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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.
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Why might troy have prospered as a trading city?
Troy was a very important city because there is a myth about it. They say that there was a beautiful woman called Helen. She was forced to marry someone, and she didn't like him very much. Then one day, she fell in love with a strong man called Paris. They both ran away to Troy from Greece, and when the people of Athens found she was missing, they sailed over to Troy and went to battle with them. For 10 years straight, they fought and Troy was winning. The Greeks tricked Troy into thinking that they surrendered. The Greeks built a tall, wooden horse and left it on the shore of Troy. Back then, that was a sign of surrender. Little did they know that 30 Greek soldiers were hiding inside of it. The people of Troy decided to take it into the gates of their city, and leave it there because it was beautiful. Late that same night, the Greek soldiers sneaked out of the horse and attacked the city. Other ships from Greece came in and opened the gate. After that night, the whole city of Troy was burned and destroyed. They took Helen back, and no one else survived.
No one knows. Aggememnon was the king of the Achaeans in the Illiad. The Iliad was not written down for centuries and is one of the documents that defines the historical period from prehsitory (That is written records of human events). There is some evidence that the war actually occured, but the dates vary in the 1100's BC.
What is the king's name who sacificed his daughter to get safely to Troy in ancient Greece?
In Greek mythology, Iphigenia was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Argos. Agamemnon offends the goddess Artemis by killing her deer. Artemis retaliates by interfering with the wind so that Agamemnon can't sail. A seer tells Agamemnon that he must sacrifice his daughter.
What did king priam of troy wear?
Im guessing a lot of things such as breathing, eating, walking uuh oh he was a king
Agamemnon's big problem is not with Athena. Agamemnon has blood-guilt on his hands because he sacrificed his own daughter Iphigenia at Aulis when the invasion fleet was becalmed there.
Since Agamemnon has family blood on his hands revenge is waiting for him around every corner. The story is played out in all its horrors in Aeschylus' Agamemnon.
What is the summary of the movie Troy?
Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honor - and some for love. In ancient Greece, the passion of two of literature's most notorious lovers, Paris, Prince of Troy and Helen , Queen of Sparta, ignites a war that will devastate a civilization. When Paris spirits Helen away from her husband, King Menelaus , it is an insult that cannot be suffered. Familial pride dictates that an affront to Menelaus is an affront to his brother Agamemnon , powerful King of the Mycenaeans, who soon unites all the massive tribes of Greece to steal Helen back from Troy in defense of his brother's honor. In truth, Agamemnon's pursuit of honor is corrupted by his overwhelming greed - he needs to conquer Troy to seize control of the Aegean, thus ensuring the supremacy of his already vast empire. The walled city, under the leadership of King Priamand defended by mighty Prince Hector, is a citadel that no army has ever been able to breach. One man alone stands as the key to victory or defeat over Troy - Achilles , believed to be the greatest warrior alive. Arrogant, rebellious and seemingly invincible, Achilles has allegiance to nothing and no one, save his own glory. It is his insatiable hunger for eternal renown that leads him to attack the gates of Troy under Agamemnon's banner - but it will be love that ultimately decides his fate. Two worlds will go to war for honor and power. Thousands will fall in pursuit of glory. And for love, a nation will burn to the ground.
Agamemnon was the leader of the Greek, but there was several other leaders aswell, this is just some of the most known, but in the latter-half of the Second book the "Catalouge of Ships" lists many commanders and what they commanded, so there you could find every known and unknown leaders. Other famous Greek leader:
Odysseus, the king of Ithaca
Achilles, Leader of the Myrmidons
Menelaus, King of Sparta
Diomedes, King of Argos
Ajax/Aias, King of Salamis
Agamemnon.
According to myth, Priam was told by the Delphic oracle that his son Paris would bring disaster upon Troy, hence, he had him sent away to be raised by sheep herders, where the movie gets it wrong is that Paris did not grow up a Prince, and the reason he could not fight is because he never received a Prince's education which included martial arts. If the movie was an attempt at historical theory, it failed with Paris; wimpy or no, all ancient princes were taught how to use weapons, if anything, the character Paris should have at least been somewhat competent. In the myth, it is explained he can't fight, because he never learned how, and he could only use a bow and arrow because it was the required tools of a sheepherder meaning he had very good aim from a lifetime of its use, that is why he was able to hit Achille's heel from such a long distance although, the myth says "his arrow was guided by Apollo."
Agamenon is clytemnsra's husband and menelaus's brother. Agamenon also lead the greek arms or soldiars to war with the Trojans. He sacrificed his own daughter Iphigenia to stop the raging storms sent by Artimis because they insuted her. When he returns home his wife has remarried and he slays him while he is taking a bath that clytemnstra has set up for him. He is slain because of the sacraface of her daughter Iphigenia.
No. The Battle of Troy was not Fiction. There really was a Battle of Troy. The City of Troy was really destroyed. Archaeologists have discovered its ruins. Now, we have no idea how much of the story of the battle as retold in the Iliad and Odyssey was fiction. We do not know if the walls were breached by using a wooden horse or some other means. We do not know if the battle took 10 years. All we know for sure is that the city of Troy was destroyed by warfare.
A myth is a story about how things came to be. calling a story "a myth" doesn't mean it's not true, just that it's some nation's interpretation of how everything around us showed up. So myths are primarily an explanation of the origins of the world.
And then the characters in the story took on a life of their own: the gods has good and bad qualities, just like humans, and they desired things, and hated others. Something as ugly and yet as interesting as a spider had to have a good explanation -- a beautiful maiden, who had the gift to weave, and made Athena jealous. Or twin births -- perhaps one of the children was human, while the other was that of the notorious womaniser Zeus.
And maybe later on (but this is pure seculation on my part, I haven't studied this area), authorities would use these myths to gain more power and make people obey because of fear (like the Roman emperors, starting with Augustus, who claimed to be gods themselves).
Odysseus came up with the following plan:
the Greeks were to build a huge hollow wooden horse, fill it with warriors
and leave it before the gates of Troy. Then they had to pretend
to leave for home, but sail back in the night and be let in by the warriors
from the horse and finally destroy the city, putting an end to the war.
The plan, as is well known, worked perfectly.
Troy was located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida.
What is the climax of the fall of troy?
the climax of the iliad is when hector kills patroclus and achilles enters back into the trojan war
Agamemnon had two daughter's, one of whom was named Electra. Iphigenia commonly regarded as Agamemnon's daughter was actually the daughter of Theseus and Helen.
Why were Heinrich and Sophia Schliemann important to history?
Prior to the archaeological investigations performed by Schliemann, it was generally believed by scholars that the story of the Trojan War, as described by Homer, was entirely mythical, and that there had never been a city called Troy, or a war fought against Troy by other Greek cities. As it turns out, the Trojan War turned out to be real, although it is still true that Homer's description of it is highly embellished with elements of fantasy.
What is Helen of troy's famous quote?
Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
This was written by Christopher Marlowe in Doctor Faustusin sometime between 1590 and 1604.
How much wood did they use to build the Trojan Horse?
It was large enough to contain at least 30 soldiers in its belly and 2 spies in its mouth.
