The Trojan War

TheTrojanWarTheTrojanWarwasawarwaged,accordingtolegendandthewritingsofHomer,againstthecityofTroyinAsiaMinor(todayTurkey)bythearmiesoftheGreeksfollowingthekidnappingofHelenofSpartabyParisofTroy.Itissaidthatthiswarhappenedbetween1300and1200BC.MythorHistory?•HelenofTroyissaidtohavebeenthemostbeautifulwomanofhertime,andmanymenwantedtomarryher.SheactuallylivedinSparta.HelenofTroy•HelenwasmarriedtoKingMenelausofSparta,butParisofTroyeitherkidnappedherorelsetheyranawaytogether.ParisandHelenWhyaWar?•AlltheGreekkingshadpromisedtoprotectHelen’smarriage,sotheywenttowarwithTroy.Theyattackedwith1,000shipsand100,000men.TheTrojanWarTroy,becauseofitsstrongwalls,wasimpossibletotocapture.TheSiegeofTroy•TheGreekssurroundedTroyandstayedoutsidethecitywallsfor9years.Thecity’swallsweretoostrongfortheGreekstobreakthrough.TheLeaders•TheleaderoftheGreekswasAchilles.•TheleaderoftheTrojanswasHector.TheLeaders•AchilleskilledHectoranddraggedhisbodyaroundthecitybehindhischariot.•ParislaterkilledAchilliesbystabbingorshootinghimintheheelwithanarrow.ThiswastheonlyplaceAchillescouldbehurt.TheTrojanHorse•Becausetheycouldn’tbreakthewallsofTroy,theGreeksfooledtheTojansbypretendingtoleaveandofferingastatueofahorse.GreeksoldiershidinsideandcameoutaftertheTrojanstookthehorseintothecity.TheythenopenedthegatesfortheGreekarmy.TheGreekskilledallthemenandburntthecity.TheRuinsofTroy•Modernarcheologiststhinktheyhavefoundtheruinsoftheancientcity,buttheystilldon’tknowiftheTrojanwarreallyhappenedthewaytheGreekwriterHomerreported.