The Trojan War and Homer's Iliad (Ancient History)

Epic Poet (c. 700 B.C.) The Iliad The OdysseyAn epic about the An epic poemTrojan War about Odysseus’ long voyage Homer? home from TroyOral traditions from the Mycenaean period, finally written down (hundreds of years later)

A WEDDING!!!All of the gods were invited tothe wedding of Achilles’parents, Thetis and Peleus… EXCEPT FOR ONE.

ErisImage Credit: http://istarwyn.deviantart.com/art/ERIS-21802466

Goddess of Discordλλίστῃ Photo Credit: http://www.nationalgeographic.nl/fotografie/foto/broken-rope

The Judgment of Paris, Peter Paul Rubens, ca 1636 (National Gallery, London)

“The face that launched a thousand ships” Helen of Troy by Evelyn de Morgan (1898, London)

Trojans Priam King of Troy Achaeans Hector Paris Agamemnon King of Mycenae HelenNEED TO KNOW Menelaus Queen of Sparta King of Sparta Princess of Troy Agamemnon’s BrotherAchilles Odysseus SUITOR

The Protagonist of the Iliad“Sing, Goddess, of the rage of Peleus son Achilles, the accursed rage that brought great suffering to the Achaeans.” -- Opening lines of The Iliad Brad Pitt as Achilles

Post-Homeric legendsportrayed Achilles asinvincible, except forhis heel. Thetis dips baby Achilles into the River Styx

“Achilles Heel”A Person’s Weakness Picture Credit: Oxford Medicine

The Climactic Confrontation of the IliadTriumphant Achilles dragging Hectors lifeless body in front of the Gates of Troy (from a panoramic fresco on the upper level of the main hall of the Achilleion).

Lord of the UnderworldAncient Greeks believed thatthe dead went to the Hades,the underworld named forthe Lord of the Dead. Hades, pictured with Cerberus

The ancient Greeksplaced a coin in themouth of thedeceased to pay theboatman forpassage across theriver Styx to Hades.

John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, Charon and Psyche (1883)

Homer’s Iliad ends when Achilles gives Hector’s bodyto Priam to receive the proper funeral ceremonies.Bertel Thorvaldsen, Priam Pleads with Achilles for Hectors Body (1868-1870)

The story of the TrojanHorse appears in Virgil’sAeneid, not in Homer’sworks.

19th c.Excavated Troy(?) Schliemann believed that the events in Homer’s Iliad were based on actual, historical events.

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The Trojan War and Homer's Iliad (Ancient History)

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