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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Most wars take years and years to get into full motion that is why the Trojan War is so different from all the other wars. On January 1st is when the wedding took place‚ the 2nd Paris place judgement‚ the 3rd Paris went to visit the king of Sparta and while he is there he steal Helen and by the 5th of January the king of Sparta realizes that his wife is missing so he starts to search for her. When he found out on the 6th he had a army put together the next day. On January 7th Greeks declared war on
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assisting our understanding of the Trojan War The Trojan War is one of the most legendary stories about warfare of all time. There has been much debate regarding the historical accuracy of sources about the war‚ leading many historians to disagree about whether the war actually occurred or not. Due to the lack of primary sources‚ the likelihood of some of the sources being untrue is very high‚ however there is too much uncovered evidence that supports the Trojan War’s existence to extinguish the idea
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The Trojan War The Trojan War took place in approximately the 13th century. The ancient Greeks defeated the City of Troy. The Trojan War started after an incident at the wedding feast of Peleus‚ the king of Thessaly‚ and Thetis‚ a sea goddess. All the gods and goddesses of Mt. Olympus had been invited except Eris‚ the goddess of discord. Eris was offended and tried to stir up trouble among the guests at the feast. She sent a golden apple inscribed "For the most beautiful." Hera‚ Athena‚
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Who is to blame for the Cold War? The Cold War starting in 1945 was an escalation between two super powers that were threatened by each other and determined to prove their power. It was political conflict‚ hostile tensions and a series of miscommunications between the Communist World‚ the USSR and the capitalists‚ the United States that made the Cold War a reality. Although the Cold War was caused due to certain circumstances and miscommunications between the powers‚ the United States is largely
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Was The Trojan War Just? The Trojan War was a Greek mythological war waged on account of the beautiful Helen‚ wife of the Spartan king Menelaus‚ being stolen from Greece by Paris‚ Prince of Troy. It is one of the most important‚ if not the most important‚ event in Greek mythology. The dispute originated from a quarrel between three goddesses‚ Athena‚ Hera‚ and Aphrodite. They were fighting to see who was the fairest among them. They were sent by Zeus to Paris in order for him to judge them
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The Cold War developed slowly between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ as both nations were fighting for control of the postwar world. This cold war was a war of words with lots of tension. These two nations were on the same side during the war but after the war they began to grow apart and not trust each other. The United States and the Soviet Union had different beliefs as to where the world should go in terms of government and economics. This caused big problems for the two nations. These
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In Search of the Trojan War The Trojan War was a war that was fought between the early Greeks‚ the Mycenaean’s and the people of Troy that lasted approximately ten years. It was a long‚ bloody‚ and destructive war that caused numerous tragedies‚ yet it was also a time for warriors to prove they were heroic and for the gods to step in and help. Although historians believe that many of the Trojan War stories could very well be myths‚ some historians are still looking for facts to support these
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The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person -- it developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. It can be argued that the Cold War was inevitable‚ and therefore no one’s fault‚ due to the differences in the capitalist and communist ideologies. It was only the need for self-preservation that had caused the two countries to sink their differences temporarily during the Second World War. Yet many of the tensions that existed in the Cold War can be attributed to
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finding however was no where near enough evidence to laitamize the Trojan War. In spite of these discoveries proving that Troy existed‚ the actualities of the fabeled War were still waiting to be reckoned with. The Problem with people accepting Homers account of a Trojan War is because of the additions and interjectins in the epic. Cyclops and mermaids certainly did not exist. On top of the mythical creatures Homers account of the war contains many unlikely events such as the famous wooden horse. After
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