The Trojan
War
A Brief, Pre-Odyssey Summary
The Trojan War
Act I: The Beginning
1.1 The Apple
Eris (er’ is)
Hera (he’ ra)
Athena (a thee’ na)
Aphrodite (a’ froe die’ tee)
Zeus (zoos’)
Peleus (pel’ ee us)
Apollo (a pol’ oh)
Thetis (thee’ tis)
Narrator: Welcome to Scene One, the Wedding.
Thetis, a goddess and mother of Akhilleus, is marrying Peleus, a mortal. All of the gods & goddesses
shall attend, but keep in mind, a family of gods makes for a great soap opera. Perhaps, though, who
isn’t invited is most important. If you’re planning a wonderful, happy, & peaceful wedding ceremonywho do you leave off the guest list? Why Eris, Goddess of Discord, of course!
Enter Bride (Thetis) & Groom (Peleus) talking to each other.
Thetis: Honey, the guests have begun to arrive for our wedding!
Peleus: Wonderful, but darling, you didn’t invite Eris, Goddess of Discord, did you?
Thetis: Oh, of course not, sweet heart!
Enter Zeus.
Thetis and Peleus greet Zeus.
Peleus: Oh, Zeus, King of All the Gods! Welcome to our wedding feast!
Zeus: Thank you for inviting me! Zeus looks around suspiciously. But, let me ask you something, Eris,
the Goddess of Discord isn’t coming is she?
Thetis: Heavens no!
Peleus: Ah, Zeus, here comes your wife.
Zeus: (sarcastically) Oh great!
Enter Hera. Zeus and Hera exchange mean looks (they’re married but do not get along well).
Thetis and Peleus greet Hera
Zeus: I think I’d better go find a seat before they’re all taken.
Zeus hurriedly walks away and finds a seat.
Thetis: Welcome Hera!
Hera: Congratulations on your wedding, I hope it will be happier than mine! (to Thetis) It’s such a
shame that you got stuck marrying a mortal. Hera looks around suspiciously. By the way, you didn’t
invite Eris, did you?
Peleus: For a wedding? Of course not!
Enter Athena. Athena and Hera exchange mean looks (they don’t get along so well either).
Thetis and Peleus greet Athena.
Athena mad-dogs Hera.
Hera: I should find a place to sit. Hera moves away from Athena but doesn’t sit anywhere near Zeus.
Peleus: Thanks for coming Athena! Congratulations, I heard those Greeks named that city after you!
Thetis: Welcome, Gray-eyed Goddess of Wisdom!
Athena: Thank you for your gracious and amiable welcome, but please inform me, the Goddess of
Discord will not be present, will she? Athena looks around suspiciously
Thetis: No, no.
Athena: Good. I did not want to need this. Athena gestures with her spear.
Enter Aphrodite waving like a beauty pageant contestant. Athena and Aphrodite exchange mean looks.
Athena finds a seat away from Hera.
Aphrodite: (speaks like a valley-girl.) Aphrodite has arrived! Like what would a wedding be without
me, the Goddess of Love!
Peleus checks out Aphrodite.
Peleus: Oh, Goddess of Beauty, we just couldn’t have a celebration of love without you!
Thetis gives Peleus a disapproving look.
Thetis: Aphrodite, why don’t we find you a seat? (Escorts Aphrodite to a seat far away from Peleus))
Aphrodite: (to Thetis) The Goddess of Discord wasn’t invited, right?
Thetis: Of course not, sit over there. Thetis returns to Peleus.
Peleus: (to Bride, sarcastically) Glad to see everyone’s enjoying themselves! Did you invite anyone
else I should be worried about?
Thetis: I invited all the gods, except Eris, of course.
Enter Apollo to be greeted by the Bride & Groom.
Thetis: Apollo! God of the Sun, Prophecy, and the Arts! You are welcome here!
Apollo finds a seat.
Until Zeus interrupts, everyone watches Thetis and Peleus walk down the aisle and then begin to
exchange rings and pretend to get married
Narrator: While everyone is happily watching the marriage up front, Eris, the Goddess of Discord
sneaks into the back.
Eris: (very angry) How dare they not invite me! (pause) Fine, if they fear having discord at their
wedding, I shall make them regret it - all they shall have is discord, argument, and fighting! And I’ve
got the perfect plan for creating discord! (Laughs maniacally).
Eris writes upon a golden apple and then rolls it amongst the guests.
Zeus: Hold on everyone!
Zeus grabs the apple and studies the inscription.
Zeus: It says, “For the Fairest”. Who’s the most beautiful woman here?
Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite all stand up. They begin arguing over the apple.
Aphrodite: Mine! I’m the hottest!
Athena: Don’t be facetious; it is clearly mine. There is no doubt that I am beautiful.
Hera: Ha- I’m the prettiest and the most powerful- I demand you give it to me. Step aside. Age before
beauty, kids.
Aphrodite: As if! I am the Goddess of Beauty! It’s mine!
Athena: You both fail to think, as usual! Beauty is about more than mere cheap looks or power.
Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite all turn to Zeus with their hands out, waiting for him to decide.
Zeus: (Emphatically, but to himself) There is no way I’m going to make this decision!! But how do I
get out of this one? Hmmm…(To the 3 goddesses) I’ve recently heard talk of a Trojan prince who is
young, but very fair. Surely his decision will be more impartial than mine. You will go to find Paris, the
Prince of Troy. He shall decide!
Everyone exits.
1.2 The Bribes
Paris (pa’ ris)
Hera (he’ ra)
Athena (a thee’ na)
Aphrodite (a’ froe die’ tee)
Enter Paris, sitting alone.
Narrator: Hermes, the Messenger God, brings Paris to Mt. Olympus, the home of the gods. This is
Paris, the young Prince of Troy. He is supposed to decide fairly who is the most beautiful.
Enter Hera.
Hera: Greetings young Paris! I suppose you’ve heard about the ridiculous claims of that nerdy Athena
and spoiled brat Aphrodite. Clearly I am the fairest of all the goddesses.
Paris: Yes, I’ve heard about the contest- but you must understand that the decision will be very hard for
me. All of you are so lovely! If only I had some way to distinguish one of you above the others!
Hera: Oh Paris. It is such a shame- you know, that your father Priam, King of Troy, plans on giving his
entire kingdom to your older brother. It’s just terrible. Perhaps I can assuage your pain and ease your
mind with a promise of magnificent wealth and power?
Paris: Well, that certainly changes things - but I think Athena approaches.
Athena enters.
Athena: Hello Paris. I observe that one contestant has already arrived. What has she offered you?
Money? Well, money is easily spent and lasts only a lifetime. Let me get right to the point; I offer you
fame in battle. You can become a hero, a legend that lives throughout time! They’ll tell stories about
you for centuries!
Paris: Athena! Thank you for your generous offer! (to himself) This decision might be harder than I
thought.
Enter Aphrodite.
Aphrodite: Athena- surely you don’t think Paris wants to spend his life on a filthy battlefield? And
Hera, honey, what’s money and power to a born prince, regardless of his current situation? Paris, dear,
isn’t it fitting that the fairest of all the goddesses offers you the fairest woman in the world?
Paris: Why Aphrodite, I think you’re right (stands up)- the gift of the most beautiful woman in the
world should come from the most beautiful goddess. I’m sorry Hera and Athena, but my decision is
made. Aphrodite wins.
Hera and Athena look angry and leave.
Aphrodite: You, Paris, will have Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world!
Exit Aphrodite & Paris.
Narrator: After Paris grows up a bit, matures into a man, and earns a reputation as a skilled athlete,
Aphrodite brings Paris from Troy to Sparta (part of Greece), where Menelaos, the king of Sparta,
welcomes Paris into his home. Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, is married to Menelaos.
However, neither Paris nor Aphrodite seems to care that Helen is married to Menelaos. So, they take
Helen back to Troy to live with Paris. Well, you can guess that Menelaos is a little mad. Menelaos was
Greek, and he asks the Greeks for help. An army of Greek soldiers comes to help Menelaos save Helen
for perhaps the greatest rescue mission in the history of the world.
You see, just about every man in Greece had wanted to marry Helen. Who wouldn’t? But, Helen is no
idiot. She refused to marry any of the eligible bachelors unless they all promised to always be loyal to
and stand by whomever she picked. They agreed, and she chose Menelaos.
However, there are a few war heroes who are reluctant to join the war. Chiefs are sent out to ‘convince’
these few men to help.
Act II: The War
2.1 Crazy Odysseus
Odysseus (oh dee’ see us)
Penelope (pe nel’ oh pee)
Chief
Enter Odysseus, Penelope, carrying the baby Telemakhos.
Narrator: The most important character of all, Odysseus, doesn’t want to join the war.
Odysseus: Penelope, my wife, I love you too much to leave you to fight another war. And Telemakhos, my
son, is far too young for me to leave now. I refuse to go to Troy!
Penelope: Oh Odysseus, you are a wonderful and devoted husband! I know you are smart and clever, but how
will you keep them from forcing you to leave?
Odysseus: Penelope, you should never doubt my cunning intelligence. I will simply pretend I am insane- they
would never want someone crazy to join the army! I’ll go down to the beach and pretend to plow it like a field
of corn.
Penelope: Oh, Odysseus, you are so clever. But the chief is coming!
Odysseus: No problem, tell him I am plowing the beach.
Odysseus moves aside and pretends to be plowing the beach and planting seeds.
Enter Chief.
Chief: Hello Penelope, where is your cowardly husband, King Odysseus?
Penelope: You will find him on the beach, plowing and planting.
Chief: Plowing the beach? Has he gone mad?
Chief spends a moment thinking.
Narrator: Odysseus is very smart. But so is the Chief.
Chief: Let’s find out if he’s really crazy. Penelope, let me hold that beautiful son of yours.
Penelope gives the baby Telemakhos to Chief and exits.
Chief: If he’s really crazy and irrational, then he won’t recognize his own son.
Chief takes Telemakhos and sits him in front of Odysseus’ ‘plow’. Odysseus sees Telemakhos and turns aside
the plow to avoid running over his son.
Odysseus grabs his son.
Odysseus: You are cleverer than I and have proven that I am not insane. I will leave my beloved family and
join the war.
Exit everyone.
2.2 Hero Gathering
Thetis (thee’ tis)
Akhillleus (a kil’ ee us)
Women
Odysseus (oh dee’ see us)
Agamemnon (ag a mem’ non)
Ajax (ay’ jaks)
Enter Thetis.
Narrator: Of course, Odysseus isn’t the only one unwilling to go to war. The greatest warrior of all,
Akhilleus, avoids the call to war. And remember Thetis from the wedding? Akhilleus is her son.
Thetis: Curse the gods! This war will be the death of my son! I must hide him. Akhilleus! Akhilleus!
Akhilleus: Yes mother?
Thetis: Akhilleus, I have always looked after you. When you were born, I held your heels and dipped
you in the River Styx to make you invulnerable, and now, I still fear for your safety. I have a bad
feeling about this war. I must disguise you. Here, dress in this. They won’t find you if you’re disguised
as a woman. Ladies!!!
Akhilleus puts on the dress.
Women enter.
Thetis: Ladies, I’ve disguised my son as a woman.
Women: (giggle)
Thetis: (sounding serious) This is serious. He must not leave for Troy. You must protect my son.
Pretend he is one of you and bring him with you to the market and everywhere else you go.
Women surround Akhilleus and begin shopping for clothes and jewelry. Akhilleus looks bored.
Thetis exits.
Narrator: Odysseus, once he makes a commitment, will give it his all. He becomes responsible for
convincing Akhilleus to join up too.
Odysseus enters but remains on the side watching.
Odysseus: I think the great war hero, Akhilleus, is trying to trick us by dressing as a woman, but I will
find him out. Odysseus arranges jewelry and weapons. I will pretend I am a merchant and offer these
‘ladies’ jewelry to look at. Akhilleus will not be able to keep himself from looking at the weapons and
will reveal himself. Odysseus calls out to the women. Ladies, come look at what I have to sell!
Clothes! Perfume! Jewelry!
Women: Rush over to ooh and aah over jewelry.
Odysseus: Weapons too!
Akhilleus: rushes straight to the weaponry and oohs and aahs.
Odysseus: A-Ha! I’ve caught you!
Women hurriedly run away.
Akhilleus looks disappointed.
Odysseus: Akhilleus, if I have to leave my wife Penelope and son Telemakhos behind to fight this war,
I think you can bear to leave your mother behind. Come on, you spoiled brat, we’re both going to war.
Now take off that dress!
Akhilleus takes off dress.
Enter Agamemnon.
Odysseus: (bowing to Agamemnon) Welcome King Agamemnon. There is good news! I’ve convinced
Akhilleus to join us. (turning to Akhilleus) Akhilleus, we’ve chosen Agamemnon to lead the Greek
army to Troy since he is Menelaus’ brother and the most powerful king in Greece. Pledge your
allegiance to him.
Akhilleus: (Akhilleus bows reluctantly)
Narrator: Akhilleus does not like Agamemnon.
Akhilleus: I offer the Greek army my strength and loyalty.
Agamemnon: Thank you Odysseus and welcome, Akhilleus, your battle skill is our greatest asset.
Ajax!
Enter Ajax. Ajax and Odysseus give each other mean looks.
Narrator: Ajax and Odysseus do not like each other either.
Agamemnon: Ajax has legendary strength. Odysseus is cunning and clever. With these heroes; Ajax,
Odysseus, and Akhilleus; leading my troops and working together, we are bound to win!
Exit everyone.
2.3 The Trojan Heroes
Priam (pry’ am)
Paris (pa’ ris)
Hektor (hek’ tor)
Enter King Priam and Paris.
Narrator: But… The Trojans create a great army too.
Paris: Dad, it seems we must defend my gift from Aphrodite. Who would have known that my
beautiful Helen could cause a war!
Priam: Paris, I’m afraid the fight will be long and hard. I’ve heard that your choice of wife has caused
the Greeks to launch a thousand ships but at least we have you on our side to defend our kingdom.
Enter Hektor.
Priam: Hektor, my oldest son! Come here. You, Hektor, will be our greatest fighter in this war! A
father could not be more proud!
Hektor: I hope to serve my country and my father with honor. (Hektor kneels).
Everyone exits.
Narrator: Priam too, had more great soldiers in his ranks. Aside from Hektor, the most significant is
Aeneas, the son of Aphrodite. According to myth, Aeneus will take to the sea after the Trojan War and
land in Italy. Eventually, he will become a leader there and become the founder of Rome. Just as The
Odyssey is an epic tale about Odysseus, The Aeneid, by Virgil, will be written about Aeneas.
And aside from mortals joining sides for the war, the gods did as well. Aphrodite was chosen as the
fairest by the Trojan Prince, Paris and her son was Trojan too, it’s fairly clear which side she is on.
Since Hera and Athena both lost to Aphrodite, it’s pretty clear that they are on the opposing side, with
the Greeks. Besides, the capital city of Greece was Athens, named after the Goddess of Wisdom,
Athena. Apollo joins the Trojans, while Poseidon and Zeus seem to favor the Greeks. The God of War,
Ares, is just happy that there’s a war.
Act III: The Trojan War
3.1 Battles
Agamemnon (ag a mem’ non)
Chryseis (kri’ see is)
Father
Apollo (a pol’ oh)
Thetis (thee’ tis)
Akhillleus (a kil’ ee us)
Patroklos (pe troh’ kloez)
Hektor (hek’ tor)
Priam (pry’ am)
Odysseus (oh dee’ see us)
Ajax (ay’ jaks)
Trojan 1
Trojan 2
Trojan 3
Enter Agamemnon facing Chryseis who hides desperately behind her elderly Father.
Narrator: For nine years the Trojan War wages with no sign of victory. Despite the size of the Greek
army, the Trojans have great walls around Troy and a home-field advantage.
There is a legend in the Greek camps that the Greeks could not enjoy victory until two strong Greek
leaders disagreed. This disagreement is so significant that Homer would write an epic poem about it
called the Iliad. Nine years equals a lot of battles won and lost on both sides. Whenever an army wins a
battle, they ransack the area and take everything. They claim any money, livestock, and women as their
own.
Chryseis: (crying) Father, don’t let him take me!
Agamemnon: I have captured your village, and you, Chryseis, are just one of the treasures which now
belong to me.
Agamemnon pushes Father down and grabs Chryseis. Agamemnon leads her away. Both exit.
Father: (angrily) If only I were younger and stronger… I have no power in this old body, but I have
other powers as a priest of the great god, Apollo. (Praying) Apollo, I beg you to help me. I seek
vengeance against Agamemnon, may he pay for what he’s done to my daughter!
Enter Apollo.
Apollo helps up Father.
Apollo: I have heard your prayer. The Greeks are greedy, cruel, and arrogant. I will send a pestilence
among the Greeks to punish them.
Exit Apollo and Father.
Narrator: An epidemic sweeps through the Greek camps, but Agamemnon refuses to give up Chryseis.
Enter Agamemnon and Akhilleus
Akhilleus: (angrily) You are the reason behind this bad luck, this sickness that affects our soldiers! You
must release this girl Chryseis or we shall all die!
Agamemnon: Fine, I will give up Chryseis, but only to spare my men. But I will not leave emptyhanded. If you want her freed, then I will take one of your prisoners. I think I’ll take Briseis, that
beautiful girl of yours.
Narrator: Akhilleus just happens to be in love with Briseis.
Akhilleus: Briseis! No way! She’s mine!
Agamemnon: Just remember to whom you’re speaking, soldier. I am not only your commander but
also your king!
Akhilleus: How dare you take Briseis! If you weren’t in charge, I’d… (gets angry, then calms down, a
little) Fine, (sarcastically)Commander, I have no choice but to follow your order, (with an attitude)
your highness, but that will be the last one. I will fight for this army no more and neither will my men!
Akhilleus storms off to the side, and Agamemnon leaves.
Narrator: Without Akhilleus and his men fighting for the Greeks, the Trojans begin to win the war.
Hektor, the Trojan soldier, becomes famous for his feats of valor and the Greek soldiers lose hope
without Akhilleus to inspire them. The death toll grows. Meanwhile, Akhilleus sulks in his own tent.
Enter Patroklos.
Akhilleus: (with attitude) What?! What is it Patroklos? Why are you bothering me? I just want to be
alone.
Patroklos: Akhilleus, I thought we were friends.
Akhilleus: Of course we are. I’m sorry for being so grim, Patroklos, but I am still angry toward
Agamemnon and will not fight for him.
Patroklos: But Akhilleus- just your presence on the battlefield inspires our soldiers. They think we can
win with you beside them. How can you leave your countrymen to die at the hands of the Trojans? Just
seeing that famous armor of yours is enough to inspire them.
Akhilleus: Okay Patroklos. Although I still refuse to fight, you may wear my armor and lead my men
into battle. Pretend to be me, and they won’t know the difference. It’s this famous armor that they
recognize.
Patroklos: They will never know I’m not really the great Akhilleus, and our men will be inspired again.
Thank you Akhilleus.
Exit Akhilleus while Patroklos puts on the armor.
Narrator: Patroklos puts on Akhilleus’ armor and then leads Akhilleus’ soldiers into battle.
Enter Hektor to fight with Patroklos.
Hektor: (Drawing his sword) Hey Akhilleus! You wimp. You chicken. It’s about time you stopped
hiding in your tent. I’ve been waiting to fight you. The greatest Trojan fighter versus the greatest Greek
fighter. May the best man win.
Narrator: Hektor and Patroklos fight on the battlefield, but Patroklos is no match for the great Hektor.
Hektor kills Patroklos, and then takes the armor as a trophy.
Hektor holds up the armor victoriously!
Enter Akhilleus. Akhilleus checks the body of Patroklos and realizes he is dead.
Akhilleus: (with surprise and sadness) He’s dead. (Akhilleus puts on his armor. Akhilleus turns to
Hektor, outraged). You shall die for this.
Akhilleus and Hektor fight.
Narrator: Akhilleus and Hektor fight, but Akhilleus’s rage over Patroklos’ death makes Akhilleus
stronger. Akhilleus kills Hektor.
Akhilleus stabs Hektor.
Hektor: (Hektor falls and with his last breath asks…) Akhilleus, we are both great heroes. Allow me to
die with honor. Treat my body with respect once I’m dead. (Dies).
Akhilleus freezes.
Hektor exits but leaves Hektor’s body in his place.
Narrator: You see, the people of the time believed that in order to rest in peace and have an afterlife,
your body must be buried properly with all the appropriate rituals and traditions. But Akhilleus is so
angry that even Hektor’s death won’t satisfy him.
Akhilleus: Yeah right, you murderer. (Akhilleus grabs Hektor’s body and drags it around the city
walls while shouting at the Trojan army.) Come on you murderous scoundrels! Surrender now! Look
at this great hero of yours!.
Akhilleus continues to drag Hektor’s body.
Narrator: Akhilleus does this for days. Finally, the gods get annoyed and send Thetis to make
Akhilleus stop.
Enter Thetis.
Thetis: Son, son! What are you thinking? This is ridiculous and childish. You should be trying to be
a hero, not dishonoring yourself with this madness.
Akhilleus ashamedly hangs his head and allows Thetis to take Hektor’s body.
Thetis takes Hektor’s body and exits.
Narrator: But the war wages on and the Trojans are especially angry with Akhilleus now.
Enter Paris and Apollo on one side and Trojan 1, Trojan 2, and Trojan 3 fighting Akhilleus on the other
side. They act out the narrator’s story.
Narrator: Paris, watching Akhilleus fight, aims his bow and arrow on Akhilleus.
Paris aims at Akhilleus.
Apollo grabs the arrow and carries it to Akhilleus’ heel.
Narrator: Apollo guides the arrow on its flight to land it in Akhilleus’ only area of weakness: his heel.
Akhilleus dies.
Exit Paris.
Enter Ajax. Ajax runs into battle against the 3 Trojans.
Narrator: Ajax runs into battle.
Ajax: Akhilleus!
Trojan 1, Trojan 2, and Trojan 3 run away in fear. They exit.
Ajax tends to Akhilleus’ body.
Enter Odysseus. Odysseus joins Ajax beside Akhilleus’ body.
Ajax takes Akhilleus’ armor.
Odysseus: Hey! What are you doing?!
Ajax: Taking Akhilleus’ armor. I fought the Trojans for it- we can’t let them have it!
Odysseus: We’ll see what Agamemnon says about this! Agamemnon!
Agamemnon enters.
Agamemnon: What’s going on here?
Odysseus: Ajax is stealing Akhilleus’ armor. It should go to the best Greek fighter. Who do you think
deserves it?
Agamemnon: (Pointing to Odysseus) You’re the best fighter now that Akhilleus is gone.
Ajax: What?! (He reluctantly takes off the armor and gives it to Odysseus).
Narrator: Odysseus celebrates his victory, and Ajax is so angry that he drinks too much and plots to
kill Agamemnon. The following day, when he sobers up, he is so ashamed of himself that he commits
suicide.
Exit Everyone.
3.2 The Trojan Horse
Greek 1
Laocoon (lay ock’ oh on)
Trojan 1
Trojan 2
Trojan 3
Sea Serpents
Narrator: The legend of the argument between two leaders of Greece having a disagreement is fulfilled,
and the Greeks have only to conquer the city of Troy, but great wooden walls still keep the Greeks out
and the Greeks are down two of their greatest heroes. So, the cunning Odysseus comes up with the idea
of a wooden horse. Under his direction, the Greeks build a wooden horse large enough to hold a few
armed men and leave it on the shore beside Troy while the rest of the Greek army pretends to sail away.
The plan is for those few soldiers to wait until nightfall, when the Trojans have celebrated their ‘victory’
too much, and the few armed men will let in the rest of the Greek army.
Enter Trojan 1 and Trojan 2 and Laocoon.
Trojan 1: (excitedly) We’ve won the war! Watch the Greeks sail away in fear! Woo-hoo!
Trojan 2: Laocoon, look! The Greeks have surrendered! But what is this wooden horse doing here?
Laocoon: You can’t trust the Greeks. We must destroy the horse now! It’s a trick!
Enter Greek 1, led by Trojan 3.
Trojan 3: I’ve captured a Greek!
Greek 1: Captured? The Greeks left me here. That evil Odysseus refused to allow me to go with them.
Trojan 2: And what about this wooden horse?
Greek 1: It’s a gift for the goddess Athena. It will benefit whoever possesses it and bring them
Athena’s blessing. They made it too large to fit through your city gates, as a sort of last joke on you.
Trojan 1: Help from Athena would mean victory, we must bring it in.
Laocoon: Don’t believe this Greek! You fools! This is just a Greek trick! The horse is a trap! (keeps
repeating himself until he is taken by sea monsters).
Narrator: Just then, two sea serpents, sent by Poseidon, come out of the water.
Enter Sea Serpents, grab Laocoon, and leave with him.
Narrator: They devour Laocoon.
Trojan 1: I think we’re supposed to take the horse inside.
Trojan 2: I agree.
Exit all.
The End
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“The Trojan War: A Brief Pre-Odyssey Summary” Study Guide
Write the answers to these questions in your notes. You will need them in the future.
1.1 The Apple
a) Create a concise list to describe each of the following characters:
Example:
Zeus: King of the Gods, hates wife Hera
Hera
Athena
Apollo
(leave at least 4 spaces at the end of this list to add more characters and descriptions later)
b) How are the Greek/Roman gods represented: anthropomorphically or theiromorphically?
1.2 The Bribes
a)
b)
c)
d)
Paris accepts Aphrodite’s bribe. What does she offer? Be specific.
What is the problem with Aphrodite’s offer?
Why do the Greek men offer their assistance to Menelaos?
Add Menelaos to the character list.
2.1 Crazy Odysseus
a) Identify the members of Odysseus’ family.
b) Add Odysseus to the character list.
2.2 Hero Gathering
a) List the major members of the Greek army.
b) Add Agamemnon to the character list.
2.3 The Trojan Heroes
a) List the major members of the Trojan army.
b) Add Priam to the character list.
3.1 Battles
a) What god offers his assistance to the Trojans?
b) How does Akhilleus die?
3.2 The Trojan Horse
a) Who came up with the idea for the Trojan Horse?
b) Go back to the character list, and add details you’ve learned about the characters since you first put their names and
descriptions on the list.
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