The gods take sides
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Greeks
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Trojans
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Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes,
Hephaestus
Apollo, Artemus, Ares, Aphrodite
Zeus
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Neutral
The Leaders
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Greeks
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Agamemnon
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Greek Army leader
Meneualus’ brother
Trojans
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Hector
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Trojan prince
Mighty warrior
Knew Troy was doomed
The War
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Back and forth for 9 years
Hector was unbeatable
Achilles and Agamemnon feud
Achilles leaves battle – goes home
 Greeks begin to get their butts kicked
Patroclus wears Achilles armor
 Achilles’ best friend
 Trojans retreat, thinking Achilles was
attacking
 Hector kills Patroclus
Achilles devastated and returns to fight
The War
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Achilles vows to kill Hector
Achilles goes on killing rampage
Scamander River so full of dead
bodies it overflows and nearly
drowns all
Gods begin fighting, too
Athena k-o’s Ares
 Hera vs Artemis
 Poseidon vs. Apollo
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The War
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Achilles vs. Hector
 Hector ran away, circling the city three
times
 Athena tricks Hector in fighting back
 Achilles’ spear lances Hector’s throat
 Dying Hector pleads with Achilles to
allow his wife and parents to bury him
 Achilles laughs
 Achilles drags his body from chariot back
to Greek camp as Hector’s wife watches
 Achilles dragged Hector’s body around
for 11 days
The War continues
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Paris shoots arrow into Achilles’ heel
Ajax and Odysseus argue over Achilles’ armor
Greek leaders give it to Odysseus
Ajax commits suicide
Paris killed
Greeks struggle without Achilles, Ajax
The War continues
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Athena tells Greeks to build a hollow horse
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Odysseus, warriors climb inside
Laocoon (Trojan priest) says it’s a trick
A god sends two large snakes to strangle Laocoon
Trojans think it’s a peace gift from Greeks
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Take horse into city’s walls
At night, warriors come out and attack city
The War comes to an end
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Greeks massacred everyone in city
Kept women as slaves
Odysseus throws Hector’s son, Astyanax over wall,
killing him
Odysseus and crew head for home