By: Zack, Michael, and Kevin

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The Fall of Troy

• By Zack, Michael, and Kevin

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Map of Troy
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Achilles

• Son of Pelus and Thetis, a sea nymph.
• Thetis tried to make Achilles immortal by dipping
  him in the river of Styx, but was careless and
  did not realize the heel which she held was not
  dipped into the river of Styx. His heel was the
  only place which he could suffer a mortal wound.
• Most powerful Greek warrior.

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Odysseus

• One of the higher ranking Greek soldiers
• Was famed for his cleverness and intellect.

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Other Characters

• Apollo- God of Sun
• Laocoön The priest of Troy
• Andromache The old queens daughter-in-law
• Astyanax Andromaches only son
• Priam-Ruler of Troy
• Hector- Priams son,leader of Trojan army
• Ajax-high rank in Greek army.
• Philoctetes- holder of Herculess bow and arrows.
• Poseidon-God of water

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Fall of Troy

• After Hector was killed by Achilles, Prince
  Memnon of Ethopia, the son of a goddess, came to
  the assistance of Troy.
• However after a few battles he too fell by the
  hands of Achilles. Achilles like usual drove
  Prince Memnons body on a chariot to the wall of
  Troy.
• Paris then shot an arrow, which was guided by
  Apollo into Achilles heel.

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• Ajax carried Achilles body back to the Greek
  location, where his body was burned.
• The arms of Achilles were decided that they
  should go to one of two heroes, Ajax or Odysseus.
• Odysseus won the vote and Ajax was angry because
  it was a dishonor to lose this type of vote.
• Ajax then attempted to kill two men but the
  Goddess Athena made Ajax mad. He saw things and
  killed Livestock and Birds. He then killed
  himself when he came to his senses

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• Victory Seemed farther away then ever.
• They Captured a prophet of troy who told them
  they needed Herculess bow and arrows to win. So
  they set out and got Philoctete, who held these
  things.
• Next they heard about a sacred image of Pallas
  Athena, called Palladium.
• The two greatest soldiers at the time, took it
  from Troy at night. After capturing this item,
  they learned that the only way they could win,
  was getting within the Trojan Walls.

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The Idea

• Odysseus developed an idea which would allow the
  Greek army to get into Troy.
• The idea was to have men hide in a giant wooden
  horse. The Trojan people would think of it as a
  gift.
• Also the Greek soldiers not in the horse would go
  hide in nearby islands acting like they left.

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• They would leave behind one person who would tell
  the Trojans that they left without him to make
  the story more believable.
• If anything went wrong the soldiers in the horse
  would surely die, but the rest of the Greek army
  would flee.

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The Priest

• The Greeks hid in the horse and put it in front
  of the city of Troy
• The Trojans didnt know what to do with it and
  the priest became suspicious of it
• Poseidon, the sea god who hated Troy, sent two
  serpents to kill the priest
• After this the Trojans accepted the horse and
  brought it within the city walls

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The Ambush

• The Trojans thought the war ended so they
  rejoiced and went to their houses
• At midnight the horse door opened and Greeks came
  out
• The Greeks ruthlessly butchered the Trojans while
  most couldnt fight back
• Some Trojans put Greek armor on and killed a few
  Greek warriors
• Most of Troy was destroyed and burned the night
  of the attack

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Priams Palace

• The Trojans lifted the roof off of the palace and
  threw spears at the Greeks
• They toppled over the tower on the palace killing
  Greeks at the palace doors
• The Greeks got in the palace and spared the women
  and the children killing the Trojan warriors
• Even though Achilles had spared the king of troy,
  his son killed King Priam in front of his wife
  and children.

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Aeneas

• He was the only Trojan chief that escaped the
  Greeks
• He left Troy and his wife who couldnt be saved
  was later killed
• Aeneas got away safely into the country with his
  father and his son
• They sailed to Greece and made only because of
  the gods help for a Trojan

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Troy is Fallen

• Morning came and Troy was completely gone
• Only Women and Children were left by the Greek
  warriors
• The Greeks then took all of the survivors and
  brought them back to Greece by ships
• Andromache held her son Astyanax which she knew
  the Greeks would spare

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The House Of Atreus Tantalus and Niobe

• by Kevin, Zack, and Mikey

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The Oresteia

• A drama written by Aeschylus
• Written about the House of Atreus (Famous family
  in Mythology )
• 3 plays Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Euminides

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Tantalus

• Tantalus was a mortal son of Zeus and a king of
  Lydia
• He was the only mortal ever to be allowed to sit
  at a table with the Gods and eat.
• One day he invites them to his Palace and tries
  to feed them his son.

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Tantalus continued

• The Gods discover Tantaluss foolish attempt to
  make them cannibals and punish him.
• They Put him on top of a pool of water, and every
  time he is thirsty, they make the water
  disappear. They put him in a field of food, and
  every time he is hungry the make the food out of
  reach.

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Curse Of Tantalus

• Misfortune will befall upon all of the
  descendents of Tantalus because of his terrible
  behavior towards the Gods.

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Tantaluss Son

• Pelops Tantalus Son
• The Gods brought Pelops back to life after
  Tantalus cooked him and fed him to the Gods.
• When he was brought back to life he was missing a
  shoulder.
• One of the Gods had eaten his shoulder by
  accident at the table with Tantalus.
• His Shoulder was rebuilt with ivory.

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Pelops continued

• Pelops was the only one in the House of Atreus
  not cursed because of Tantalus.
• He lived a happy life and had a happy marriage to
  Princess Hippodamia

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Hippodamia Pelops

• Hippodamia was a dangerous princess because of
  her father.
• Her father had 2 immortal horses from Ares. Every
  man who wanted his daughters hand in marriage
  would have to race him.
• Pelops had a horse from Poseidon so he won, it is
  also said that Hippodamia bribed her fathers
  Charioteer (Myrtilus)

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Myrtilus

• Myrtilus was the kings Charioteer who helped
  Hippodamia.
• Pelops later kills Myrtilus and some say this is
  why the House of Atreus is cursed.

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Niobe

• Niobe (daughter of Tantalus) suffered the worst
  fate of all the Atreus house.
• At first it seemed she would be blessed like
  Pelops.
• She married Amphion, a son of Zeus
• She had 7 sons and 7 daughters
• She thought she was strong enough to defy the
  Gods.
• Haha silly girl

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Niobe continues

• She Told all her people to Worship her instead of
  Leto at the temple.
• She said that she was stronger than Leto because
  she had twice as many Children.
• So Leto sends her 2 Children, Artemis and
  Apollom, and they make quick work of all 14 of
  Niobes children.

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Niobe Part 3 The Final Showdown

• As if she doesn't have it bad enough, Niobe is
  turned into a rock and all she can do is cry for
  the rest of her life

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Pelops 2 Sons

• Atreus and Thyestes
• Atreus King
• Thyestes Nothing
• Thyestes steals his brothers wife.
• So Atrius kills Thyestes children and feeds them
  to him, That just keeps happening.
• The crime was not repaid in Atreus lifetime but
  his kids suffered because of it.