Trojan War - Revision history

Irlandos at 12:39, September 10, 2007

2007-09-10T12:39:55Z

Irlandos: /* Participant/killer */

2007-06-25T12:14:32Z

Participant/killer

Irlandos: /* Participants on the Trojan side */

2007-06-25T12:14:05Z

Participants on the Trojan side

Irlandos: /* Armies on the Trojan side */

2007-02-23T11:06:42Z

Armies on the Trojan side

Irlandos: /* Participant/killer */

2006-04-25T11:27:48Z

Participant/killer

Irlandos: /* The death of Palamedes */

2006-04-25T11:26:42Z

The death of Palamedes

Irlandos at 18:09, April 9, 2006

2006-04-09T18:09:37Z

Irlandos: /* Peleus and Thetis, the apple, and the judgment */

2006-04-09T18:09:18Z

Peleus and Thetis, the apple, and the judgment

Irlandos: /* Participants on the Trojan side */

2006-04-09T18:08:16Z

Participants on the Trojan side

Irlandos: /* Participants on the Greek side */

2006-04-09T18:07:34Z

Participants on the Greek side

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 === The death of [[Palamedes]] ===
-Odysseus never forgave Palamedes for sending him to the Trojan War. (Palamedes exposed Odysseus as a fake when he pretended to be insane). When Palamedes advised the Greeks to return home, Odysseus accused him of being a [[traitor]] and forged false evidence and found a fake witness to testify against him. Palamedes was stoned to death.
+Odysseus never forgave Palamedes for sending him to the Trojan War. (Palamedes exposed Odysseus as a fake when he pretended to be insane). When Palamedes advised the Greeks to return home, Odysseus accused him of being a traitor and forged false evidence and found a fake witness to testify against him. Palamedes was stoned to death.
 == The aftermath ==

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−	The '''Trojan War''' was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of [[Troy]] in [[Asia Minor]] by the armies of the Achaeans, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of [[Helen of Troy\|Helen]] of [[Sparta]] by [[~~Paris (mythology)\|~~Paris]] of Troy. The war figures centrally in [[Greek mythology]] and was narrated in a cycle of epic poems of which only two, the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]'' of [[Homer]], survive intact. The ''Iliad'' describes an episode late in this war, and the ''Odyssey'' describes the journey home of one of the Greek leaders. Other parts of the story, and different versions, were elaborated by later Greek poets, and by the Roman poet Virgil in his ''Aeneid''.	+	The '''Trojan War''' was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of [[Troy]] in [[Asia Minor]] by the armies of the Achaeans, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of [[Helen of Troy\|Helen]] of [[Sparta]] by [[Paris]] of Troy. The war figures centrally in [[Greek mythology]] and was narrated in a cycle of epic poems of which only two, the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]'' of [[Homer]], survive intact. The ''Iliad'' describes an episode late in this war, and the ''Odyssey'' describes the journey home of one of the Greek leaders. Other parts of the story, and different versions, were elaborated by later Greek poets, and by the Roman poet Virgil in his ''Aeneid''.

	[[Ancient Greeks]] believed that the events Homer related were basically true. They believed that this war took place in the [[13th century BC\|13th]] or [[12th century BC]], and that Troy was located in the vicinity of the [[Dardanelles]] in what is now north-western Turkey. By modern times both the war and the city were widely believed to be mythological. In [[1870]], however, the German archaeologist [[Heinrich Schliemann]] excavated a site in this area which he believed to be the site of Troy, and at least some archaeologists agree. There remains no certain evidence that Homer's Troy ever existed, still less that any of the events of the Trojan War cycle ever took place. Many historians believe that the Homeric stories are a fusion of various stories of sieges and expeditions by the Greeks of the Bronze Age or [[Mycenae\|Mycenean]] period, and do not describe actual events. Those who think that the stories of the Trojan War derive from some specific actual conflict usually date it to between [[1300 BC]] and [[1200 BC]].		[[Ancient Greeks]] believed that the events Homer related were basically true. They believed that this war took place in the [[13th century BC\|13th]] or [[12th century BC]], and that Troy was located in the vicinity of the [[Dardanelles]] in what is now north-western Turkey. By modern times both the war and the city were widely believed to be mythological. In [[1870]], however, the German archaeologist [[Heinrich Schliemann]] excavated a site in this area which he believed to be the site of Troy, and at least some archaeologists agree. There remains no certain evidence that Homer's Troy ever existed, still less that any of the events of the Trojan War cycle ever took place. Many historians believe that the Homeric stories are a fusion of various stories of sieges and expeditions by the Greeks of the Bronze Age or [[Mycenae\|Mycenean]] period, and do not describe actual events. Those who think that the stories of the Trojan War derive from some specific actual conflict usually date it to between [[1300 BC]] and [[1200 BC]].

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 :''See also [[Judgement of Paris]].
-According to Greek mythology, [[Zeus]] became king of the gods by overthrowing his father [[Cronus]]; Cronus in turn had overthrown his father [[Ouranos]]. Zeus came to learn of a prophecy that he himself would be overthrown by a son of his. (Within the extent of Greek myth, though, this never happened). Another prophecy said of the sea-nymph [[Thetis]], with whom Zeus had an affair, that her son would be greater than his father. Possibly for one or both of these reasons, Thetis was betrothed upon Zeus' orders to a now-elderly human king, [[Peleus]]. To Peleus and Thetis a son was born, named [[Achilles]]. It was prophesied that he would die, young, at Troy. Hoping to protect him, when he was an infant his mother bathed him in the river [[Styx (mythology)|Styx]], making him invincible everywhere except the heel by which she held him. He grew up to be the greatest of all mortal warriors.
+According to Greek mythology, [[Zeus]] became king of the gods by overthrowing his father [[Cronus]]; Cronus in turn had overthrown his father [[Ouranos]]. Zeus came to learn of a prophecy that he himself would be overthrown by a son of his. (Within the extent of Greek myth, though, this never happened). Another prophecy said of the sea-nymph [[Thetis]], with whom Zeus had an affair, that her son would be greater than his father. Possibly for one or both of these reasons, Thetis was betrothed upon Zeus' orders to a now-elderly human king, [[Peleus]]. To Peleus and Thetis a son was born, named [[Achilles]]. It was prophesied that he would die, young, at Troy. Hoping to protect him, when he was an infant his mother bathed him in the river [[Styx]], making him invincible everywhere except the heel by which she held him. He grew up to be the greatest of all mortal warriors.
-All of the gods were invited to Peleus and Thetis' wedding, except [[Eris]], or Discord. Insulted, she attended invisibly and cast down upon the table a [[golden apple]] on which were inscribed the words ''Kallisti'', (''To the fairest one''). The apple was claimed by [[Hera]], [[Athena]], and [[Aphrodite]]. They quarrelled bitterly over it, and none of the other gods would venture an opinion favouring one contender for fear of earning the enmity of the other two. Eventually, Zeus ordered the matter to be settled by the judgment of [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]], a prince of [[Troy]], who was being raised as a shepherd because of a prophecy that he would be the downfall of Troy. The goddesses tried to bribe the boy. Athena offered Paris wisdom, skill in battle, and the abilities of the greatest warriors; Hera offered him political power and control of all of Asia, and Aphrodite offered him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris awarded the apple to Aphrodite, and returned to Troy.
+All of the gods were invited to Peleus and Thetis' wedding, except [[Eris]], or Discord. Insulted, she attended invisibly and cast down upon the table a [[golden apple]] on which were inscribed the words ''Kallisti'', (''To the fairest one''). The apple was claimed by [[Hera]], [[Athena]], and [[Aphrodite]]. They quarrelled bitterly over it, and none of the other gods would venture an opinion favouring one contender for fear of earning the enmity of the other two. Eventually, Zeus ordered the matter to be settled by the judgment of [[Paris]], a prince of [[Troy]], who was being raised as a shepherd because of a prophecy that he would be the downfall of Troy. The goddesses tried to bribe the boy. Athena offered Paris wisdom, skill in battle, and the abilities of the greatest warriors; Hera offered him political power and control of all of Asia, and Aphrodite offered him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris awarded the apple to Aphrodite, and returned to Troy.
 ===The elopement of [[Helen of Troy|Helen]]===

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