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Trojan War
The Iliad
Characters and
Achaean
Places:
Ancient Greeks who lived
s
in the region of Achaea.
Loyal to religion and
Tradition
Achilles
son of the mortal Peleus,
king of the Myrmidons, and
the Nereid, or sea nymph,
Thetis. Achilles was the
bravest, handsomest, and
greatest warrior of the army
of Agamemnon in the
Trojan War.
Odysseu
was a Greek hero famed for
shis intellect and cunning. He
created the plan to sack the
city of Troy using a giant
hollow horse.
Calchas
in Greek mythology, a
priest of Apollo and the
most famous soothsayer
among the Greeks at the
time of the Trojan War
Protecilaus
was a Greek hero who
took part in the Trojan
War. Protesilaus would
become famous for being
the first of the Greeks to
Troy
die at Troy.
ancient city located in
present-day Hisarlik,
Turkey. It is best known as
the setting for the Greek
myth of the Trojan War.
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Achaeans sacrificed before
commencing hostilities in the
Trojan War to allow the Gods to
indicate their will for the future and
outcome of the war
A snake appeared with a
back as red as blood which
slithered off the altar and up
a nearby plane tree
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The Soothsayer, Calchas
his interpretation of this
has
unnatural event; the seige of
Troy would last for nine
years, and in the tenth the
city would fall
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Troy or Ilium was a place
Apollo with his silver
bow. The first casualty of the war
was Protesilaus. A monument was
erected and was buried with
honors.
The Goddesses Athena and Hera
helped the Achaean forces.