Transcript A Little Fruit…

A Little Fruit…
Can cause BIG problems…
The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
 All the gods and goddesses
invited except one!
 Eris, The goddess of discord
 Why not invite the goddess of
discord?
The Wedding…
 Because she’ll cause trouble!
 Angry at not being invited Eris tosses “the
apple of discord” among the celebrating
goddesses.
“For the Fairest”
Women!
 Of course all of the goddesses wished to
claim the golden apple.
 Naturally, they all believed they were the
“fairest” or “most beautiful”.
The Three Goddesses
Three goddesses in particular laid claim to
the golden apple.
 Each felt they were fairest of them all.
 As the bickering over the apple began, I’m
sure Peleus and Thetis regretted their
decision to not invite Eris, the goddess of
discord, to their wedding.
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Hera, the protector of Marriage
•Zeus then returned to his
•She
hadwife
to vow
to never

Zeus’
(and
normal form, took her by
rebel
again before she was
sister)—EWWW!
surprise, and raped her.
released.
 Often a rival of Zeus
•Hera
married him to
 Hera was originally not
cover
her shame.
•She
often
assists
others
interested
in Zeus,
but in
circumventing
Zeus,
butas
he
disguised
himself
•She once rallied the other
rarely
gets caught.
a
wounded
cuckoo
gods against Zeus
and
bird. Loving animals,
revolted.
Hera
held the bird
to
•She
is extremely
jealous
her breast
protect
it.
•Zeus
escaped
and hung
of
Zeus’
manyto“infidelities”.
Hera from the sky in gold
chains as punishment.
Athena, the goddess of Wisdom
Daughter of Zeus
 Sprang full grown,
in armor, from
Zeus’ head
 Zeus’ favorite
child
 Fierce and brave
in battle

Aphrodite, the goddess of love

Can make anyone
desire her

Also the goddess of
desire and beauty

Married to
Hephaestus
(ugliest of all the
gods)
Settling the Dispute

•Most powerful
of theto
gods
The three goddesses
turned
the one
•Married
Hera,dispute…
father to Athena and
man who could
settleto the
Aphrodite
•The thunderbolt is his weapon of choice
•Not exactly the most faithful husband—in
fact—he likes the ladies…a
lot…really…he “gets around”. He’s pretty
much everyone’s father, step-father, or at
least visited their mother.
Zeus, King of the gods
•Completely not interested in settling this
dispute.
Settling the Dispute
elects
not have
to
 Zeus
Zeus
could
been
being
funny.
He
decide who is the
chose
who would be a good
“fairest”, someone
but
appoints
Paris
of
judge of
animals
to judge the beauty
Troy to be the judge
contest.
of the contest.
 Paris was sent to
 There was also myth that Paris was the
the country to be a
most
honest
person in the world.
shepherd
as a boy
because his mother
learned he would
bring the downfall of
Troy.
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Women Don’t Play Fair
Hera
Athena
Aphrodite
Offered to
make Paris
the King of
all Europe
and Asia
Promised to
lead Troy to
victory in
war over the
Greeks
Promised
him the love
of the most
beautiful
woman in
the world
And the winner is…
He
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Helen, often referred to has Helen
of Troy,
in fact the most
chose
theiswoman…
beautiful half-mortal woman in
the world.
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Paris chooses Aphrodite, awards her the
golden apple and awaits his prize…
Being half-mortal, that means she is
half-god…Can you guess who her
daddy is?
Helen
“In the matter of 24 year-old
Helen, Zeus…..
You ARE the Father!”
“She doesn’t have
my eyes! All
my kids have
my eyes! She
isn’t mine!”
Paris wants to claim his
prize, but there is just one,
small, teeny, tiny problem…
HELEN GOT
HITCHED!!!!
The Marriage of Helen and
Menelaus
 Helen had many, many
•Tyndareus,
Helen’s father made
suitors swear
(men who
wished
the
suitors
an oath
to to
•Eventually
she chose
marry
her)
Helen
and
Menelaus
had no
protect
the
marriage
Menelaus who,
upon, regardless
knowledge
ofOdysseus,
the became
actions
of the
who
Achilles,
of
was chosen
to be her
Tyndareus’
death,
gods,
welcomed
Paris
Agamemnon
(Menelaus’
husband,
if so
they
wished
to
suit as
King
ofand
Sparta.
a guest.
brother) among many other
her.
powerful men of the time
•This
was done
for Helen’s
sought
Helen’s
hand in
•Paris traveled to Sparta
to
protection
as
she
was
so
beautiful
marriage.
“visit”
Helen and Menelaus.
and wanted.
Helen (center) with her
husband, Menelaus of
Sparta (right)
Not the Brightest Crayon in the
Box…
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Menelaus chose the time of Paris’ visit to
travel to Mycenae for family business.
He left Helen to entertain their guest.
Aphrodite used her power to start the sparks of
love.
When Menelaus returned, Helen was gone, as
was Paris…
The Face That Launched a
Thousand Ships
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Menelaus called on Helen’s former suitors to
now honor their vow to protect the marriage…
It took time to convince them all, as they each
had their reasons to not go to war, but in the
end, they honored their vow…
Achilles
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Son of Peleus
and Thetis
(remember
them?)
Great warrior
Invulnerable
except in one
place…
The Achilles Heel…
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When he was born, Thetis
took him to the river Styx
in the Underworld and
dipped him in it making
him invulnerable.
She had to hold him by the
heel, leaving that the only
unprotected part of his
body.
You Da (WO)MAN, Achilles!
Achilles disguised
did NOT
want to as
himself
go ato war
over Helen’s
woman.
 abduction.
When a battle
 trumpet
When Menelaus
sounded,
called upon
though,
Achilles
the
suitors, Achilles
grasped
his sword
triedrevealed
and
to hide…his
identity.

Odysseus
Odysseus,
who
Odysseus also
had
a
helped
Tyndareus
newborn
son,
Telemachus.
solve
the problem
of
Not
wantingmarriage
to go to
Helen’s
war,recently
Odysseus
had
pretended
to be to
become
married
insane.
Penelope.
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When Menelaus
threatened to cut his
son in half, though,
Odysseus admitted his
charade.
Other Important Characters
The Other Gods and Godesses
Ares- The God of War!
He also happens
to be a bit of a coward…
Aeolus- god of wind
Hephaestus- The ugliest of all the
gods. Hera was so repulsed by him when
Hermesmessenger of the gods
he was born that she threw him off of Mt.
Olympus in an attempt to kill him. He is
deformed, a skilled craftsman and,
ironically, married to Aprhodite.
Poseidon- Lord of the sea;
earthshaker. Known for
carrying
Apollo-his
god Trident.
of oracles and prophecy.
Also of music.
Artemis- twin sister of Apollo.
of the moon and of the hunt.
Goddess
Sailing for Troy
Agamemnon sent
 Because Agamemnon
word
to the
have
angered
goddess
Iphigenia
sent to him
Diana, the Greeks
werepromised
unable to sail
(he
shefor
Troy because
of poorto
would
be married
winds.
Achilles).
 He learned he would
 Achilles was unhappy
have to sacrifice his
when
he Iphigenia,
learned ofin
daughter,
the
deception,
but
order
for the Greek
army to sail.
Iphigenia
was
sacrificed, and the
Greeks set sail.
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Ten years of War
 The
war was a stalemate for ten
years.
 A dispute between Achilles and
Agamemnon over—you guessed it—a
woman changed the fortunes of the
war.
 Achilles “female captive”, Briseus,
was taken from him by Agamemnon.
Ten Years of War
After Briseus was
taken, Achilles
refused to fight.
 His “friend”
Patroclus was
unable to convince
him to return to
the fight.
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Ten Years of War
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Patroclus did manage
to convince Achilles to
lend him his armor,
and Patroclus returned
to the fight wearing
Achilles’ armor.
Patroclus was killed,
though, by Hector and
this enraged Achilles.
Achilles Defiles the Body of Hector
A Grieving Father
Priam couldn’t
stand seeing his
son’s body treated
this way.
 He snuck into the
Greek camp and
begged Achilles to
let him take
Hector’s body and
properly bury it.
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The Death of Achilles
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Achilles finally agreed,
but his behavior had
angered the gods, and
so, he met his fate…
Paris (of all people)
tried to shoot Achilles
in the back, but
missed (some say
with the help of the
gods) and hit
his…HEEL!
The Final Plan…
 The
first step in any plan to win a
war---according to Odysseus…
BUILD A GIANT WOODEN HORSE!
Beware of Greeks…

 The
The Greeks
Trojansbuilt

The
Greeks
came
the
horse,
thought
horse
out
of thethe
horse
Odysseus
the
was amost
gift and
and
when
of the
others
hid
brought
it inside.
inside
city
was
asleep
the city.
 The
rest out)
of the
(passed
and
armytowaited
set
sail
proceeded
burn
 Greek
The Greeks
for
home,
looking
the
place
to
the
until
the Trojans
as
though
theytheir
had
ground
killing
were
well
into
given
up.
every
man, woman
“celebration”
of
and
child…
victory.
The Survivor(s)
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Aeneas (left) escaped
Troy carrying his
father on his back.
His father died during
the escape.
Some accounts say
Aeneas was thesole
survivor, others say he
led a small band of
Trojans to safety.
Virgil’s The Aeneid
covers these stories
which end with the
founding of Rome.
After the War
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Agamemnon returned
home, but his wife
was still a little---unhappy with him.
She and her new lover
killed Agamemnon,
but were later killed
themselves by
Orestes,
Agamemnon’s son
Helen and Menelaus
 Helen
was recovered from Troy and
she proved her loyalty to Menelaus.
They returned to Sparta and lived
“happily ever after”.
Odysseus
 Odysseus,
however, would take
another 10 years to return home.
 His journey home is documented in
Homer’s The Odyssey.
 See, we are reading The Odyssey
next and that’s what this whole day
was meant to set up.
 Make sure your handouts are
complete.