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Trojan War – Study notesWe are not sure if TROY existsNo one knows where TROY is until todayNo archaeological historyNo current writingsScientist believed that since everybody is writing about them then there TROY must be TRUEWhy do we need to discuss this?Later in life, there are many Greek sculptures, movies, art, etc that would relate to the TROJAN WARThere is no singular author regarding TROJAN WARThere are dozens of writers that contributed to the storyThat is why there are many perspectives regarding a certain characterILIAD – written well; focused on the life of Achilles until he diedThe story starts here.Thetis: sea nymph; demi godPeleus: mortal soldierIn their wedding, they invited all GODS and GODESSES except ERIS( Goddess of Discord)ERIS was offended she threw a golden apple with a text “ To the fairest”HERA(Goddess of marriage, fertility), APHRODITE(Goddess of love and beauty) and ATHENA (Goddess of wisdom)Since the GODS cant decide, ZEUS then asked help from PARIS.Paris had a hard time decidingThe three goddesses bribe PARISHERA – Paris will be a powerful rulerATHENA – Paris will be the wisest manAPHRODITE – Paris will have the love of the most beautiful woman PARIS chose Aphrodite Peleus and Thetis had a son name AchillesIn the picture, Thetis wanted her son to invulnerable that is why she tried to dip her son to the RIVER STYX (River of the underworld)She cannot dip her hand because if she will do so, she will become mortal or whoever GOD will do that will become mortalAchilles’ heel was not included that is why he easily died after his heel was attackedHelen the most beautiful woman and the only daughter of the King and Queen of SpartaSPARTA : City-state of Greece; very powerful city because of its ARMY(Swerteang guy because he will be the king at the same time marrying the most beautiful woman)She had many suitors that is why her suitors agreed to 2 conditions:Helen’s decision will be respectedAnything happens to their relationship, they will help defend the marriageHelen choses MenalusOn their wedding day, Trojan princes HECTOR and PARIS attended the weddingPARIS and HELEN then fell in love (LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT)PARIS and HELEN escaped in Mycenae and went to TROYTHAT IS WHY HELEN is considered to be the “FACE THAT LAUNCH A THOUSAND SHIPS” because there were many men who went to get her in TROY.Everybody sided with Mycenae because also of the 2 conditions of Helen’s suitorOdysseus also invited PHILOCTETES(bestfriend of Hercules) because it was prophesied that the BOW of HERCULES will end TROYOdysseus then recruited ACHILLESOdysseus then went to Thetis and look for Achilles but she hid Achilles in a brothelThen Odysseus was able to look out for Achilles then Achilles joined the groupAchilles brought his ARMY, the MYRMIDONS(50 men)Then they travel to TROYPhiloctetes’ ship got lost and was injured Nothing importantSometimes they win, sometimes notIf Achilles is there, they win, kung wala, pildiBriseis (priestess of Apollo and a relative of the TROJANS) was captured and was given to Achilles but Achilles respected her because she is royalty and later on they liked each otherTHIS IS WHERE THE POEM ILIAD STARTSSince they are not winning nor losing, Agamemnon took Briseis and Achilles does not want to fight anymoreWhen the Trojans attacked the Achaeans (Mycenaeans), PATROCLUS wanted to fight that is why he got the armor of ACHILLES and attacked the Achaeans but the was killed by HECTORBecause of his action, mycenaeans also wanted to fight, they only fight if Achilles will joinTHE ARMOR of ACHILLES is also very special because HEPHAESTUS himself (blacksmith of the GODS) was the one who created itHector was shocked that it was not Achilles who was not killed but Patroclus that is why he gave him an honorable death by stabbing him in the centerAs you can see in the picture, there is a man dragging his bodyWhen Achilles found out about this, he was very mad with HECTORAchilles returns to battleAchilles kills HECTOR and drag his body back to their placeKing Priam (King of TROY) was so sad about his son’s body that is why he visited Achilles all by himself and begged for his son’s bodyAchilles gave HECTOR’S body because he was somehow amazed with the humility of the kingThen in the succeeding wars, PARIS kills ACHILLES by throwing an arrow in his heelAnd that made him vulnerable and then he diedIn another war, Philoctetes killed PARIS using the BOW of HERCULESAfter the Princes of Troy are gone, Helen helped and invited Odysseus over to their place not thinking that Odysseus had another thing in mindOdysseus being the WISEST manOdysseus made the TROJANS think that they already went home and made this HORSE as an offering to POSEIDON for a safe tripTROJANS celebrated because the ACHAEANS are gone and they let the TROJAN HORSE enterWhen night came, all ACHEANS hid inside the TROJAN HORSE and ATTACKED the city and its peopleAND THAT’S THE FALL OF TROYSome other informations:POSEIDON got mad at the ACHEANS because the horse was not really intended for him that is why NO MYCENAEANS ( ACHEANS) went back to Mycenae or SpartaIn the book, Odyssey, it talks about the journey of Odysseus going back to their place after being punished by PoseidonROMANS then believed that they are the MYCENAEANS who were lost that is why they are very brave. ................
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