In the book The Trojan War‚ by Bernard Evslin‚ Ulysses and Agamemnon both contribute to the Greek’s victory. Many considered Ulysses to be the real brains behind the Greek forces. Although Agamemnon was the leader of the Greeks‚ many would say he was not a good one. Even though Agamemnon did some good deeds during the war‚ many of his actions caused problems‚ and Ulysses often had to come to his rescue. With Ulysses on the Greeks side they had amazing intelligence and bravery. Many great things
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Tew 0 4/24/2013 THE TROJAN WAR Did the Trojan War actually occur‚ or did it exist as a fictional event only in the myths of the Greeks? Dawid Tew HILTON COLLEGE Tew 1 Contents I. Abstract ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 4 III.
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The Trojan War‚ the event depicted in Homer’s Iliad‚ was the most popular subject in Greek drama and told its story elaborately to next generations. According to Homer‚ the war started because Helen‚ the most beautiful Greek woman and wife of a Greek king‚ Menelaus‚ decided to leave her husband and ran away with a Trojan Prince‚ Paris. This angered the Greeks so they sailed to Troy and fought for Helen’s return. As the war continued on‚ the Greeks were forced to plan a new strategy to attack Troy
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’China should take more Philippine territory’ NEW YORK – Surround a disputed area with all types of ships‚ enclose it like a cabbage and hold on to it. That’s the so-called cabbage strategy that China is employing to stake its maritime territorial claims‚ and a ranking Chinese military officer says his country should take more disputed territory from the Philippines‚ The New York Times Magazine has reported. Quoting Maj. Gen. Zhang Zhaozhong of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army‚ the Sunday
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during the Trojan War‚ because she was married to King Priam of Troy. The play begins with the ghost of Hecuba’s son‚ Polydorus‚ telling the audience about how the Trojan War was weakening the city of Troy. Hecuba enters the stage telling her Trojan Chorus that she has had a dream with the ghost of Polydorus in it. Two soldiers appear‚ that morning‚ requesting for Polyxena. Polyxena is the last daughter of Hecuba. Polyxena was taking away to be sacrificed to the spirit of Achilles‚ a great Trojan soldiers
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Schliemann discovered the remains of the city in 1871. Archeological digs have brought up many truths about the history of Troy‚ and about the Trojan War‚ which supposedly occurred around 1250 B.C. The war is the subject of the epic poem‚ The Iliad by Homer‚ however‚ there are several theories regarding the existence of Troy and the events of the Trojan War. In 1871‚ Heinrich Schliemann‚ with the aid of geographical clues mentioned in The Iliad‚ discovered the legendary city of Troy on a coast
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One of the most controversial questions of all time: Did the famous Trojan War actually occur? Homer’s legend of Princes falling in love with unavailable Queens‚ Gods fighting over the title of the fairest of them all and ruthless demi-gods capable of changing the fate of a war in his story the ‘Iliad’‚ are all nice stories yet they can’t actually be proven. But what evidence do we have that could support these mythical legends? Archaeologists such as Calvert‚ Schliemann‚ Dorpfeld‚ Korfmann and historians
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doesn’t want anything to happen to him at will end up getting him hurt. Achilles is a strong man and is very close to all the gods. He is a great warrior and helps people. Achilles is a person who would do anything to have people remember his name. He wants to live and long and easy life but when it comes to battles and saving other people’s lives‚ he has to think which is better‚ his life‚ or the lives of others. Achilles is on of the main characters in the Trojan War. When Achilles was a new born
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The Trojan War‚ in Greek mythology was the war between the Greeks and the people of the city Troy. The conflict began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen‚ wife of Menelaus of Sparta. When Menelaus demanded her return‚ the Trojans refused. Menelaus then persuaded his brother Agamemnon to send an army to fight against Troy. Troopships gathered at Aulis‚ led by the greatest Greek heroes‚ Achilles‚ Patroclus‚ Diomedes‚ Odysseus‚ Nestor‚ and the two warriors named Ajax. Agamemnon sacrificed his
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Did the Trojan War ever occur? This is a common question that cultivates debate among many historians around the world. Although some research and studies may display the war as a myth‚ stronger physical evidence proves otherwise. Through Heinrich Schliemann‚ an archaeologist‚ and other valued archaeologists‚ the work of a poet named Homer‚ who revealed the great mystery of the Trojan War‚ was discovered. Homer’s literary evidence‚ as well as linguistic and historic evidence from the Homeric Greek
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