Trojan War

The Odyssey

Starring

Odysseus*Penelope

Athena*Zeus*Poseidon*Apollo*Hermes

Sirens*Cyclops*Scylla*Charybdis

An Epic Poem by Homer

The Odyssey

an Epic Poem

What is an Epic?A long narrative poem about a

legendary hero

GilgameshDon QuixoteEl Cid

Homer

Greek poetthought to be blinddescribed events as a seeing

personlived around 900 to 801 B.C.E.

HomerWrote the Iliad (about the Trojan

War)Wrote the *Odyssey (about

Odysseus’s return home after the Trojan War)

between 900 to 801 B.C.E.*First translated in A.D. 1615

The IliadEpic poem about the last year

of the Trojan WarWar lasted 10 yearsTroy was defeated when

Odysseus and his men were able to get inside the walls of Troy concealed within the body of the “Trojan horse.”

The Trojan Horse

The GreeksResidents of many islands

Start moving to eastern Mediterranean (2,000 to 1,500 B.C.E.)

The GreeksClassic Greek mythology/paganism

reported: ~1,000 to 901 years B.C.E.

Hesiod, Greek poet, writes “Theogony,” creation of the world and gods of mythology (800-701 B.C.E.)

First Olympic Games: 761 B.C.E.

The TrojansResidents of TroyFirst Trojan culture recorded:

~3,000 to 2,501 years B.C.E.Destroyed around 1,193 B.C.E.Re-discovered: 1800s (Turkey)

Trojan War

Lasted 10 years.

Who started it?

Why did it start?

Leda & The Swan

Zeus raped Leda, a queen of Sparta

Leda got pregnant with Helen, the most beautiful woman on Earth

Judgment of Paris

Incident that caused the Trojan War:

Goddess Discord threw the “Apple of Discord,” marked

“for the Fairest” among godsZeus refused to judge

Judgment of Paris

Paris, prince of Troy had to chose between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite

Each offered giftsAphrodite offered the most

beautiful woman in the world

Judgment of Paris

Aphrodite led Paris to Helen, wife of Meneleus, of Sparta

Paris abducted Helen,

took her to TroyAll the Greeks combined forcesHelen: “ . . . the face that launched

a thousand ships . . .”

The Trojan War

Paris killed AchillesAphrodite helped the

TrojansAthena helped the Greeks

The Trojan Horse

The Trojan War

Odysseus, King of Ithaca“Trojan Horse”Odyssey: a long or difficult

journey or transformation

The Odyssey

The story of the journey of Odysseus and his men trying to get home after the Trojan War.

10 yearsPenelope: wife of Odysseus

CharactersUlysses or OdysseusSirens - group of females who

lured sailors by their singing

CharactersCirce - goddess, enchantress,

who turned men into swineScylla - monster with 12 feet

and 6 heads with 3 rows of teeth, carries off a sailor in each mouth