THE TROJAN WAR1 Judgement of Paris son of

THE TROJAN WAR-1 Ø Judgement of Paris, son of Priam, King of Troy ØHera offered him the Lordship of Europe & Asia Ø Athena offered him leadership & victory Ø Aphrodite offered him the fairest woman on earth Ø Helen first given to Menelaus, King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon; Paris became their guest and abducted Helen Ø Menelaus launched the campaign on Troy

THE TROJAN WAR-2 Ø Odysseus and Achilles were reluctant to join the campaign, but eventually they joined the ranks; a fleet of 1000 ships Ø Greek Side Trojan Side Ø Agamemnon Ø Menelaus Ø Achilles Ø Odysseus Ø Ajax King Priam Paris Hector Aeneas

THE TROJAN WAR-3 Ø Commander Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia was sacrificed to Artemis, to calm the wind Ø Dispute between Agamemnon and Achilles caused by the problem of prize of honour (women prisoners), Achilles sulked away from fighting Ø After endless warfare, the two most concerned, Menelaus and Paris, took single combat, again no result Ø Greeks were about to retreat after Achilles’s unwillingness to fight

THE TROJAN WAR-4 Ø Hector killed Patroclus, Achilles’s dearest friend, who was wearing Achilles’s armour Ø Achilles returned to the battle field for revenge, battle turned in favour of Greeks Ø Achilles killed Hector and fastened his corpse to his chariot to be dragged around the walls of Troy Ø Priam went to Achilles and asked for the body of Hector which was to be treated properly

THE TROJAN WAR-5 Ø Paris shot an arrow which struck Achilles’ heel, his only part which was not dipped into River Styx Ø Since Achilles’s arms were given to Odysseus, Ajax went mad, then killed himself out of shame Ø Odysseus found the idea of the wooden horse, Greeks pretended to have given up but hid themselves Ø Trojans took the horse inside the walls for fear of Athena’s anger Ø Greeks stormed the city, Aeneas was the only chief to escape, Helen was given to Menelaus, Troy was turned to ashes