German archaeologist who was fascinated with the Iliad and the Odyssey. He had made important discoveries through his countless excavations of multiple sites‚ but it is unclear whether Schliemann was interested in the fame and fortune involved with treasure hunting or whether he had a passion for history and was a true archaeologist. Schliemann was interested in the tales created by Homer and this may be what led him to discover the site of Troy. He had begun excavating at a mound located in Hisarlik
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Schliemann The Terrible Father of Archaeology A terrible father impacts his child in one of two ways‚ either the child grows up to mirror the father or the child learns from the fathers mistakes and becomes a much better parent as a result. Hienrich Schliemann was a war profiteer. After getting rich he wanted to be taken seriously by the scientific community so he turned to archaeology. A stubborn man‚ a compulsive liar‚ a teller of tall tales‚ and a con artist he caused irreparable damage to
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a city defended by mighty walls and towers with temples for Athena and Apollo. This information was used by Archaeologists to find the illusive city of Troy. Homers ‘Iliad’ also describes the great leaders of the Trojan War such as Agamemnon and Priam. Agamemnon the leader of the Mycenaean’s in Homers Trojan War is depicted as ‘the most powerful ruler of his day’-Thucydides The Peloponnesian War Book 1.9 by Thucydides. Mycenae was famously described as ‘rich as gold’ by Homer in the ‘Iliad’. Schliemann
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Iliad I - Clash between Greek warlord Agamemnon and Achilles - Apollo caused it - Agamemnon dishonored Chryses‚ his priest‚ so Apollo struck his men with plague - Took Chryses’ daughter - Hera wanted fighting to stop‚ so influenced Achilles to call meeting to end the fighting - Achilles recommends to Agamemnon that they consult a prophet or priest - Calchas (prophet) makes deal with Achilles to tell him what he knows if he protects him - Agamemnon becomes angry‚ but accepts
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Slide 1- Heinrich Schliemann an archaeological treasure hunter. Slide 2- Heinrich Schliemann was born in Beubukow‚ Germany in 1822 and he died in 1890 at Naples‚ Italy. He received little education as a child‚ and first was enrolled at school at age 9. But he was later removed after his father could no longer afford payments‚ as he was accused of stealing church money. In the Christmas of 1829 Heinrich’s father gave him a book entitled‚ an illustrated history of the world‚ by Ludwig Jerrer.
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start beating back the Greeks with ease‚ we think that Achilles is going to get that apology and return to battle‚ but he really doesn’t. Agamemnon sends Odysseus and Phoenix to tell Achilles that he will give him back his woman‚ along with much treasure to rejoin the battle. He even offers Achilles the hand of one of his daughters with 7 cities as dowry. But Achilles knows that Agamemnon is not apologizing and takes what they bring to his as a great insult. He refuses to fight and says that he
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in time to marry her‚ but was then killed by Polydeuces (also known as Pollux). John Rhys-Davies as King Priam of Troy- King of Troy‚ husband of Queen Hecuba‚ father of Prince Hector‚ Cassandra‚ and Prince Alexandros. Maryam d’Abo as Queen Hecuba- Wife of Priam‚ king of Troy‚ to whom she bore Hector‚ Paris‚ Cassandra‚ and 16 other children. Following the fall of Troy and the death of Priam‚ the aging Hecuba was taken prisoner by the Greeks. Emilia Fox as Cassandra-
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Iliad The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters‚ traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War‚ the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states‚ it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war‚ the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends
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when three powerful goddesses wished to claim the prize as the fairest: Hera‚ Athena and Aphrodite. The three goddesses asked Zeus to be their judge. However‚ Zeus directed Hermes to refer the arbitration to Paris‚ a Trojan prince‚ the young son of Priam and Hecuba. Each goddess offered to reward him if he chose her. Athena offered to make him become a great hero or general; Hera offered to make him ruler of the richest and powerful kingdom; while Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman in
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Reaction Paper for Helen of Troy Helen Paris Priam Achilles Menelaus Hecuba Agamemnon Ulysses Hector Cassandra Aeneas Andraste Andros Diomedes Ajax Polydorus Cora Patroclu sAndromache Nestor Alpheus The movie Helen of Troy shows the important details before and inside the book Iliad. This movie helps the readers to understand this book. Also‚ it shows how the Trojan war started and how Troy has fallen. Like in the book‚ because Helen was taken by Paris‚ the
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