The Trojan War

Made by Aidan

The Famous Trojan Horse

• The story of the Trojan Horse is well-known. First mentioned in the Odyssey, it describes how Greek soldiers were able to take the city of Troy after a fruitless ten-year siege by hiding in a giant horse supposedly left as an offering to the goddess Athena

• According to classical sources, the war began after the abduction of Queen Helen of Sparta by the Trojan prince Paris. Helen's jilted husband Menelaus convinced his brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, to lead an expedition to retrieve her.

HOW THE WAR BEGAN

• The Trojan War definition in history describes a conflict between Mycenaean Greeks and the city of Troy sparked by Paris, son of the King of Troy, abducting Helen, the queen to a Greek Spartan king, and fleeing back to Troy. The story of the Trojan War is a mix of legend and some historical accuracy.

THE TROJAN WAR

VICTORY FOR THE GREEKS

• Once the horse was inside the walls, the Trojans held a victory celebration.
• Late at night, the men inside the horse slipped out and let their comrades into the city.
• The Greeks now inside the city massacred the Trojans.
• Most of the warriors died,most of the woman enslaved.

ALL OF THE TROJAN GODS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR

ALL OF THE GREEK GODS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR

• Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite.

• Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, Hephaestus.

Was there a real Trojan War?

• For most ancient Greeks, indeed, the Trojan War was much more than a myth. It was an epoch-defining moment in their distant past. As the historical sources – Herodotus and Eratosthenes – show, it was generally assumed to have been a real event.

The Judgment of Paris

• The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War and in later versions of the story to the foundation of Rome.

Here is a small video about the Trojan war

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