From%20

1
From The Iliad
The Judgment of Paris
By Homer
2
The Beginning . . . . .

• Priam Hecuba, the king queen of Troy have a
  baby they name him Paris.
• (He is the 50th son and there are 12 daughters!)

• Cassandra the Phrophesy
• The kind shepherd from Mt. Ida

3
16 years later . . . . . .

• Peleus Thesus are married on Mt. Olympus.
• Eris (discord) is angered.

• THE GOLDEN APPLE
• for the fairest

• The cat fight -
• Hera, Aphrodite, Athena

4
Chaos ensues . . . . .

• Zeuss Decree

• The Judgement of Paris

• The Bribes . . . .

5
A few months later in Troy

• Paris shocking discovery.

• Hector Paris voyage to Sparta to visit King
  Menelaus.

• The Queen of Sparta!!!

• Menalaus leaves for a business trip Paris sails
  for Troy fast.

• The Stolen Goods.

6
The scorned husband . .

• Menelaus goes to Agamemnon, his brother the
  King of Greek Kings, for help.
• The Sacrifice

• The Greek army sets sail for Troy to reclaim
  Helen the face that launched a thousand ships.

7
The Trojan War Begins . .

• The Greeks outnumbered
  the Trojans, but couldnt
  defeat them because of the high walls
  that surrounded the city.

• The war went on for 10 years the Greeks and the
  Trojans lost many warriors including the most
  heroic, Hector and Achilles.

Hector of Troy
Achilles of Greece
8
After 10 years of fighting -

• Odysseus, the most ingenious of the Greek
  soldiers, came up with a plan.

• THE TROJAN HORSE

• So, who won the war?

• T H E G R E E K S ! ! !

9
After the defeat . . . .

• Troy is destroyed. All the men are killed and
  the women and children are taken as slaves.
• Helen goes back to Sparta with Menelaus and
  resumes her wifely duties.
• Agamemnon returns home only to be murdered by his
  wife for sacrificing their child.

10
One more must voyage home . .

• This brings us to the Odyssey

• It is the story of Odysseus journey home to
  Ithaca.

• Penelope Telemachus

• Odysseus the braggart has a conflict with
  Poseidon.

11
His journey home -

• Should have taken him
  about 3 weeks and it should have looked a
  little like this .. . . . .

12
HOWEVER . . . . .

• The journey took almost 20 years and looked
  more like this ..