The Trojan War More Than Myth The ideas

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The Trojan War: More Than Myth The ideas of Thucydides & Herodotus

The Trojan War: More Than Myth The ideas of Thucydides & Herodotus

Herodotus 484 -425 B. C. ● Born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire ●

Herodotus 484 -425 B. C. ● Born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire ● Was on the first writers to do systematic investigation and arragining histographic narratives ● His most famous work was The Histories: A examination of the Greco-Persian War ● Was criticized by amount of myth laced into his work

Thucydides 460 -400 B. C. ● Nicknamed the father of scientific history: Did not

Thucydides 460 -400 B. C. ● Nicknamed the father of scientific history: Did not use the Gods to reference phenomenon ● Fought in The Peloponnesian War as an Athenian general against the Spartans ● Survived the great Plague of Athens ● Was later exiled for failing to reach Amphipolis ● In exile he was able to freely view both sides of the war

The Persian War: Setting the Cycle ● Originally living on the coasts of the

The Persian War: Setting the Cycle ● Originally living on the coasts of the red sea, the Greeks migrated towards the Mediterranean Sea for trade ● Io, daughter of Inachis, was one women captured after Phoenician trade ran out ● The Greeks later Took Media from Aea and did not return her in reparation

The Peloponnesian War: Early History ● Hellenes was originally cut into nonunified tribes based

The Peloponnesian War: Early History ● Hellenes was originally cut into nonunified tribes based on land resources ● Before Troy there is no evidence of unified action ● For the Trojan war to take place a preestabled navy would have to be in place ● Minos conquered Islands that increased communication and power of resources

The Peloponnesian War: Agamemnon ● Through these means large city states were able to

The Peloponnesian War: Agamemnon ● Through these means large city states were able to be established ● Power switching hands led to Agamemnon inheriting continental power ● It was this overwhelming power that bound the suitors ● Had the greatests armement according to Homer King of the Isles

The Peloponnesian War: The contradiction ● With this vast man power the forces of

The Peloponnesian War: The contradiction ● With this vast man power the forces of Agamemnon were able to occupy the areas they landed on ● However it is believed that the fleets, with all their arms of war their fleets must have been much smaller ● This in turn dwindled resources for the occupying army ● These cities didn’t have the sea walls ● This stretched out the war for 10 years

Important Distinction Io Medea Minos

Important Distinction Io Medea Minos

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Reference https: //www. greekmythology. com/Myths/The_Myths/Zeus%27 s_Lovers/Io/io. html https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Medea https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Herodotus https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Thucydides

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