The Legend of the Trojan War Paris Paris was the son of King Priam of Troy Before his birth, his mother dreamed she gave birth to a burning torch His older sister prophesized…

Introduction to the Odyssey Key Ideas: The Odyssey The Odyssey is an epic. An epic is a long narrative poem about the deeds of a hero. The epic hero often portrays the goals…

Pre-Greeks Geography A. Mountainous terrain isolated from one another 1. Rise of independent city-states 2. Fighting 3. Allegiance was to city- state, not âGreeceâ. B.…

Introducing Virgilâs Aeneid Aeneas is popularly depicted as carrying his father from Troy as it is being destroyed by the Greeks Virgil (70 BC â 19 BC) Publius Vergilius…

Chapter 3 Civilization of the Greeks Early Greece Geography played a major role in the development of ancient Greece Mountainous peninsula, roughly the size of Louisiana…

Paris was the son of King Priam, the ruler of Troy. When Paris was a young boy, there was a prophecy that he would cause the destruction of Troy. He was sent to Mount Ida…

Greeks in the Dark Age Greeks in the Dark Age  After the collapse of Mycenaean civilization, Greece entered a difficult period in which the population declined and food…

The Iliad Jeopardy The Iliad Final Jeopardy!! The Iliad 100 The battle of the Iliad took place here. What is Troy? The Iliad 200 Paris stole Helen from King Menelaus of Sparta.…

The Siege and Fall of Troy by Robert Graves The Siege and Fall of Troy    Robert Graves  Copyright    The Siege and Fall of Troy  Copyright by The Trustees…

Homer, The Illiad, and The Odyssey Homer, The Illiad, and The Odyssey By: Joey Seitz, Clarke Jones, Steven Buckley, and Evylynn Gallo 1 Homers Backround Who is Homer? Greek…