Ancient Greek Wars Trojan War Dates Opposition Dates

Ancient Greek Wars

Trojan War

Dates & Opposition • Dates: • Circa 1193 to 1183 BC • Opponents: • Greece v. Troy

Major Events & Facts • Mythology: • “Apple of Discord, ” Helen of Troy • Fact: • May have been caused by an economic rivalry

riously e s e h s s e o D n think she ca ha compete wit like true goddess me? Zeus Aphrodite Are you j ea sister? I m lous a mighty Sp rried a artan Kin g AND I ha ve a princ e drooling o ver me? Helen

Hera Aphrodite Athena How DARE I don’t get invited to the biggest party ever! I’ll show them. {EVIL LAUGH} Eris

Zeus! I demand that you give this golden apple to the fairest goddess! Umm…ok! No way! I’m not that stupid! Paris, you pick! Paris Eris Zeus

? Pick me! I’ll provide you with great power! Hera Pick me! I’ll make the most beautiful woman fall in love with you! Aphrodite Pick me! I’ll provide you with great military strength! Athena

I choose Aphrodite so I can have a beautiful woman! Paris Luckily for Paris, Aphrodite kept her promise. Paris & Helen left Greece and traveled to Troy to live happily ever after!!! Until… Helen

OMG! Helen has been kidnapped by Paris! Brother, join me & the other kings of Greece. We will set sail for Troy with 1, 000 ships tomorrow! I WILL get my woman back! I want to come too. I just hope my weak heel doesn’t cause any problems. King Menelaus of Sparta & his brother King Agamemnon of Mycenae Achilles

Brother, I seem to have started a war with the Greeks…will you come to my defense? Paris Hector (Paris’ Brother in Troy) I AM the greatest of the Trojan warriors. Those Greeks are no match for the brave men of Troy! I’m off to kill some Greeks!

Patroclus is DEAD!? !? He thinks he can get away with killing my cousin? I’ll show him! Achilles (Greece) I’m dead!! One-On-One Battle… Achilles is Victorious! Hector (Troy)

Remember Me? ? . . . Bye, Bye Achilles!!! MUAHAHA! I’m dead!! Achilles (Greece) Paris

I have a plan…. It’s a little risky, but I think it will work! We’ve been at this for years and can’t Get past those walls. Now what? Odysseu s

Major Events & Facts • Greeks traveled to Troy by 1000 ships • 10 year siege; first 9 years uneventful • Major Figures: • Hector, Achilles, Odysseus

Winner • • • Winner: Greece Burned Troy to the ground

Persian War

Dates & Opposition • • Dates: 499 – 448 BC Opponents: Greece v. Persia

Major Events & Facts • For hundreds of years Greek people had lived in Ionia • 546 BC: • Persians conquered Ionia • Ionian Greeks revolted; received aid from mainland Greeks

Major Events & Facts • Important Battles: • Battle of Marathon • Battle of Thermopylae • Battle of Salamis

Winner • • • Winner: Greeks Athenians take credit for the victory; form the Delian League

Peloponnesian War

Dates & Opposition • • Dates: 431 – 404 BC Opponents: Athens v. Sparta

Major Events & Facts • • Civil war Different strengths; evenly matched WHY? Athens – SEA POWER • Sparta – LAND POWER

Major Events & Facts • Eventually the Spartans were able to trap the Athenians against the sea • 404 BC: • Sparta captured Athens • Refused to burn it to the ground • WHY?

Winner • Winner: • Sparta • Ended Athenian domination of the Greek world