Who is to Blame? The Trojan War; one of the longest and most remembered war in the history of Greek mythology. Millions of people died‚ families were broken and a few people were to blame for this. In the novel The Firebrand‚ by Marion Zimmer Bradly‚ a Trojan princess‚ by name of Kassandra‚ has been given the gift of foresight. She foresees the Greek ships on the waters of Troy approximately twenty years before they are there. It was then that she met Apollo and was claimed as his. She goes
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Introduction The famous (10) years Trojan War as lamented by renowned poet Homer‚ pitted the Greeks against the Trojans. The Trojan War is arguably the most notable tale from Greek mythology. The war saw the involvement of the Greek gods and goddesses‚ who took sides as the Greeks battled the Trojans at Troy. Following is a summary of the cause of the Trojan War‚ and the role Paris and Helen played in the conflict that led to its destruction. The excerpts are from written accounts‚ according to
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major battle in Greece’s history‚ that of the Trojan War‚ and the journey of the Greek hero‚ Odysseus. The Iliad is that of a precursor to the Odyssey. The Iliad describes the final year of the Trojan War‚ but illustrates several Greek legends‚ earlier events that took place within the war‚ and several cause and effects events that occurred within the time frame of the Trojan War. In the end‚ the poem completely explains what happens within the Trojan War and the numerous events that took place before
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There are many different stories about the trojan war. There is Greek Mythology‚ the Odyssey‚ The iliad‚ etc. The different stories have different backgrounds‚ settings‚ even different gods and people. In Greek Mythology the main reasons the Trojan War started was because of the competition between the goddesses‚ Paris’s decision‚ and the abduction of Queen Helen. The competition between the goddesses happens when Eris‚ goddess of discord‚ threw a golden apple into the wedding of Thetis‚ goddess
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after he had sacked the famous town of Troy” (Homer/”The Odyssey”). The Trojan War was an essential part of Greece’s history and shaped the way that we comprehend Greek mythology. It paved the path of many Greek citizens’ lives and society. We always knew that Helen‚ Menelaus and Paris were crucial to Greece’s history and shaped the way for numerous stories such as Homer’s The Odyssey. Helen and Paris‚ impacted the Trojan War through their strong love‚ actions‚ and decisions. Although many people
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Trojan War: Fact or Fiction? The question many scholars still have today is whether or not the Trojan War was fact or fiction. Throughout the years evidence has been found in favor of the war happening and evidence that it did not happen. Hittite documents mention names such as: Wilusa/Wilusiya is perhaps Ilion‚ and Taruisa may be Troy. There is also an Alaksandus-Alexandros‚ ruler of Wilusa‚ a vassal of the Hittite king Muwatallis in the early thirteenth century. Some may think that Alaksandus
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Achilles is one of the main characters that participated in the Trojan War‚ it no the most important. He was born from the newly married Thetis and Peleus. Beforehand though‚ Poseidon and Zeus with in love with Thetis‚ however‚ Prometheus warned them of the prophecy that said that the son of Thetis would be greater than his father‚ so the two gods decided to withdraw and then Peleus and Thetis conceived Achilles‚ the greatest of all Greek Heroes. When he was born‚ his mother‚ Thetis‚ wanted him
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Heroes of the Trojan War: What is a hero really? Everyone has their own beliefs about what a hero is‚ but the beliefs greatly vary from each other. In the movie Troy for example‚ lots of people think that Achilles is a hero because he is such a great warrior. In reality though‚ someone needs to be a lot more than a great weapon-handler to be a hero. A hero is a man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. A hero is a person who is regarded as a model
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The Trojan War has been regarded as one of the most recognized‚ noteworthy‚ and memorable wars (Stewart 20). Almost everyone has heard the story of the Greeks hiding in a big wooden horse to sneak into the great city of Troy‚ but did it really happen? The story was originally told by Homer‚ a great Greek poet‚ during a time when society considered everything he wrote to be absolute fact and regarded it like a history book (Stewart 20-21). In the 4th and 5th centuries‚ many Christian theorists became
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Heroes and mothers don’t correspond as the same thing most of the time. Sure‚ some mothers are heroes to us‚ but you don’t see movies made about the supermom that saved the Earth. I believe that Thetis is a hero too and had a major role in the war. While some acts aren’t obvious they still play a major role. Thetis of the Silver Feet was the mother of Achilles and a sea goddess. Thetis not only comforted her son but went to the gods to get the armor for Achilles after his was stolen. Thetis even
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