Did the Trojan War ever occur? This is a common question that cultivates debate among many historians around the world. Although some research and studies may display the war as a myth‚ stronger physical evidence proves otherwise. Through Heinrich Schliemann‚ an archaeologist‚ and other valued archaeologists‚ the work of a poet named Homer‚ who revealed the great mystery of the Trojan War‚ was discovered. Homer’s literary evidence‚ as well as linguistic and historic evidence from the Homeric Greek
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The Trojan Women is a Greek tragedy by Euripides. He explores the hardships faced by the women of Troy after their land had been destroyed by the loss of the Trojan War. In the play‚ the women were faced with various difficulties. They were not only meant to deal with the horrors of the war like the death of their loved ones and their city in ruins but were also faced with the terror of what their future will hold. They yearn for revenge and the hope that life will recover in the future. Awoken
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and fall of people around her. She even displayed very little emotions and was sort of unaffected by the war outcome. Still I like her Helen of Troy‚ or Helen or Sparta‚ one of the most controversial female characters in literature‚ has been the literary and mythic symbol of beauty and illicit love. She was the most beautiful woman in Greece best known for being the cause of the Trojan War. A wholewar which lasted for ten years. Helen‚ was flesh and blood certainly‚ but she was also immortal‚
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The Odyssey is Homer epic of Odysseus 10-year struggle to return home after the Trojan War. Odysseus and his men battle mystical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods. There are various versions of the story. For instance‚ the film “The Odyssey” from Andrey Koncholovsky portrays the story differently in compared to Homer’s original story. The film changes some of the events in order to make Odysseus more heroic‚ a good leader‚ while the original story depicts him differently. For example‚ Koncholovsky
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Last May‚ Wolfgang Petersen directed a movie based on the Iliad. This movie‚ Troy‚ has proven to be a very loose adaptation of Homer’s original‚ as are almost all stories that are made into movies‚ unfortunately. With its timeless storyline‚ amazing scenery‚ gorgeous actors/actresses and most of all‚ its reported two hundred million dollar budget‚ it is easy to see why Troy was hyped up to be a box office hit. However‚ the film critics were harsh on this movie‚ as they had every right to be‚ and
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lead the Greeks in the Trojan war. During the war‚ Menelaus helped his brother Agamemnon lead an expedition against Troy. The leader of Troy was named Paris. After the war‚ Paris kidnapped Helen and brought her back to Troy. This kidnapping led to the Greeks creating the plan for the Trojan Horse. The Trojan horse was built by Epeius‚ a master carpenter‚ in 1250 B.C.E.. The Greeks were frustrated because they had been trying for ten years to get into the city of Troy‚ but Troy had 20 foot walls that
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HELEN OF TROY In Greek mythology‚ Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman in the world. A daughter of the god Zeus*‚ she is best known for the part she played in causing the Trojan War*‚ a story told by Homer in the Iliad] and the Odyssey]. Some scholars suggest that Helen was also a very ancient goddess associated with trees and birds. Birth and Early Life. Some myths say that Helen’s mother was Leda‚ the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta*. Others name Nemesis‚ the goddess of revenge‚ as her
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and through the movie we saw allot of courageous powerful warriors that were dying in the sake of their country like ; Paris ‚ Patroclus. Achilles‚ Odysseus‚ these are the people that we would really call heroes. but among these heroic people there is one particular one that would rise above them all‚ and that would be ‘hector’’ the oldest son of’’ priam ‘’ husband of Andromache‚ and father of Astyanax‚ and he is the hero of troy because ; hector led the Trojan through the war ‚ sacrificed his
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Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve is a lengthy piece of writing dating back to 1740 that was transformed into a well known children’s movie today. The moral of the original story by Madame Villeneuve is that love isn’t about what’s on the outside its about what’s on the inside. The Disney Movie version premiered in 1991 took the story and transformed it into the movie that most people know of today. The Disney version is also titled Beauty and the Beast and the typical happily ever after happens for
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How the Greek gods influenced the Trojan War What a Greek mythology event be without Greek Gods? The Trojan War is just one example of what role the Greek gods play in Greek mythology. The Trojan War was a war that took place between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greek gods influenced the personalities and actions of the Greeks and Trojans.Throughout the Trojan War the Gods played a major part on both war sides the Olympic Gods. All the gods had different reasons of why they
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