Trojan War

~ 1250 BC

• lasted 10 years

notable ppl:

• King Menelaus of Sparta (Helen of Troy’s husband)
• Helen (King Menelaus’s wife)
• Paris (King of Troy)
• Agamemnon King of Mycenae (Menelaus’s brother)
• Achilles (Greek hero; The Iliad)
• Odysseus (Greek hero; The Odyssey)

Home pomes:

The Iliad

• information abt trojan war
• story of anger
• hero = Achilles

The Odyssey

• odysseus returning after war
• overcoming obstacles
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