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    The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War, which began when Paris, a Trojan prince, judged that Aphrodite was the fairest goddess and chose her gift of the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, who was already married to King Menelaus of Sparta. Paris took Helen back to Troy, angering Menelaus and sparking the war between the Greeks and the Trojans that lasted for ten years and ended when the Greeks used the trick of the Trojan Horse to defeat Troy. The Iliad focuses on a few key weeks during the later stages of the war.

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    The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War, which began when Paris, a Trojan prince, judged that Aphrodite was the fairest goddess and chose her gift of the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, who was already married to King Menelaus of Sparta. Paris took Helen back to Troy, angering Menelaus and sparking the war between the Greeks and the Trojans that lasted for ten years and ended when the Greeks used the trick of the Trojan Horse to defeat Troy. The Iliad focuses on a few key weeks during the later stages of the war.

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    The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War, which began when Paris, a Trojan prince, judged that Aphrodite was the fairest goddess and chose her gift of the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, who was already married to King Menelaus of Sparta. Paris took Helen back to Troy, angering Menelaus and sparking the war between the Greeks and the Trojans that lasted for ten years and ended when the Greeks used the trick of the Trojan Horse to defeat Troy. The Iliad focuses on a few key weeks during the later stages of the war.

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    What was the Iliad?
    Objectives:
    Learn the
    basics about
    how the Trojan
    War started in
    Homer’s Iliad.
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    3.Which side won?
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    The Trojan
    Zeus, was
    celebrating a
    marriage on
    Mount
    Olympus. All
    the gods and
    goddesses were
    invited except
    Eris.
    Eris, the
    goddess of
    strife and
    discord, met
    Hera, Athena
    and Aphrodite.
    Eris offered a
    golden apple to
    ‘the fairest’.
    All 3 goddesses quarreled so Zeus sent
    them to Prince Paris of Troy to judge.
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    Paris that she would make the most
    beautiful woman in the world fall in love
    with him, Helen.
    Helen was already
    married to Menelaus –
    the King of Sparta.
    Menelaus’ brother was
    Agamemnon, the King
    of all the Greeks.
    There had been lots of
    suitors who had wanted
    to marry Helen.
    Odysseus, King of Ithaca,
    had persuaded all the
    suitors to agree to an
    oath. This had avoided
    fighting over Helen.
    The oath was that all must
    defend the chosen
    husband in any quarrel.
    Straws were drawn for Helen’s
    hand. Menelaus won.
    Paris travelled
    to Sparta
    pretending to
    be on a
    diplomatic
    mission. Whilst
    there, Paris
    seduced Helen.
    Paris took
    Helen to Troy.
    A furious
    Menelaus
    called for all
    the suitors to
    honour their
    oath.
    A huge fleet of Greek ships sailed to attack
    the Trojans – in revenge for Paris’ actions.
    All the heroes of Greece made the journey.
    The Trojan War would last ten years. After
    the deaths of many heroes, Troy would fall
    to the trick of the Trojan Horse.
    Iliad in a nutshell!
    Refer to Brad Pitt’s Troy
    https://
    www.youtube.com/watch?
    v=S23D58YXRHk

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