If it wasn’t for me this war wouldn’t of happened and nobody would have suffered a painful death. I am the cause of the Trojan war me Helen the most beautiful mortal women alive. The soldiers are all fighting because of me. If I kill my self than I would save hundreds and thousands of lives. My own husband is fighting my former husband Menelaus and is probably going to die, and then I will have to go back to Greece with Menelaus. My beloved Paris the most beautiful man alive pretty as a god is going to die because of me. While I am in a palace watching brave courageous men die and the hands of each another.
Was The Trojan War Just? The Trojan War was a Greek mythological war waged on account of the beautiful Helen, wife of the Spartan king Menelaus, being stolen from Greece by Paris, Prince of Troy. It is one of the most important, if not
The Trojan Wars began because the prince of Troy, Paris, seduced another man’s wife in his absence. When Menelaus returned home and found his wife gone, he wanted revenge on Paris so he vowed to conquer Troy and obtain his wife, Helen, but she will have to be punished for her dishonor. This is similar to the American-Indian Wars because the Indians were trying to recover land that had been stolen from them by the American settlers. American settlers were trying to expand their territories, thus pushing indigenous people westward. This led the groups of people to battle. Both of these battles raged on for numerous years. In conclusion, future leaders can learn from both wars; Do not take possession of objects that do not belong to you. Conflict
The Dark Age of the Trojan War The Trojan War was commenced around 3000 BCE marking most memorable period in Greek Mythology. These events were presented in Homer’s lliad through poetry. The war began during the Bronze Age with Greeks and the defenders of the city of Troy fighting in
Over the past years a lot of archaeological and literary evidence has helped us gain a better understanding of the history of Troy. Much hard work has gone into the excavations there by many archaeologists, and many interesting artefacts have been found. The story of the Ancient City of Troy is a great one, however many people believed it didn’t exist and that Homers Iliad, the story of the Trojan War was just some story. This has since been proved untrue as the city of Troy was discovered, and the pieces of this amazing puzzle have fallen together. Homer described Troy as an exceptionally large city with large high powerful walls, wide streets, twisting paths and large houses. Some of the archaeologists that have contributed to the
The war began with a grand wedding between Peleus, the son of Aeacus, and Thetis, the sea-goddess. Eris, the goddess of discord, was not invited to the wedding. Enraged at this, she stormed into the wedding and threw a golden apple of discord on a table. The apple had the inscription “For the fairest” a quarrel soon arose between three powerful goddesses. The three goddesses; Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena all wanted the title of fairest. They wanted to Zeus to be the judge of this contest. Not wanting to be involved in the quarrel, Zeus sent Hermes to get Paris, the Trojan prince, so that he could judge the three ("History of the Trojan War").
Warfare and violence has been a part of human life since before history was recorded. As time goes, and war still is a part of life, there is an ongoing debate on whether war and violence are inevitable. War is clearly evitable with the way humans were in the past, as well as how their closest known biological relatives act. By examining history, as well as the looking at the behavioural evidence of other primates, it is clear that warfare and violence is not inevitable.
Homer stated that the Trojan War was a conflict that was created from the abduction of the queen of Sparta, defying the peace treaty between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greeks and the Trojans previously fought constantly and finally agreed to cease the violence between the nation’s strongest armies. Although the Greeks were defeated after attempting to invade Troy’s walls with footmen, they defeated Troy during the night with a trick. In the book The Trojan War: A New History by Barry Strauss, the author creates an argument that undermines Homer’s credibility on his interpretation of the Trojan War. Strauss identifies that much of what we know about the Trojan War is false.
Euripides: Past Time Activist for Women In “The Trojan Women,” there are four enduring women who dominate the play and only two men who say anything at all. Moving us with their rants and dramatic reactions, these women engulf the audience in overwhelming grief and irresistible pride. Euripides emphasizes these four women to help us understand one of his main themes. Hecuba with her pride, Cassandra with her virginity and uncanny wisdom, Andromache with her misery and heartache, and Helen with her powerful, seductive reasoning all represent superior illustrations of feminism throughout the play.
With the state tournament less than one week away the Trojans 12 year old team was being told that they can’t win. But they knew they could and the coaches believed that to. But it would take hard work and determination. That is exactly what the Trojans have.
It seems as if humans do not have respect for each other. People in different societies start wars in order to gain power or eliminate a potential threat. These wars were made possible because of technology and transporting. As technology and transport began to develop, the wars have started to become more of a bloodbath. According to the author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond, it is believed that, “Technology, in the form of weapons and transport, provides the direct means by which certain people have expanded their realms and conquered other peoples”(Diamond 241). Technology is the source of many weapons that were ever used for war. Even the nuclear weapons the America uses now. In order for the military or even regular civilians
Please answer the following question, they are about Troy and the Trojan war. Please put a number in front of each answer. I am uploading a file for question number 7. 1. How does the Iliad compare with the Iliad in respect to (1) its view of the possibilities about human life and happiness (2) its concern with justice?
The Trojan War started at the wedding of King Peleus, the king of the Myrmidons and the sea nymph named Thetis. When Eris, the daughter of Zeus wasn’t invited to the wedding, she was angered and discord the banquet hall in the formed a golden apple, inscribed with the words “for the fairest”, then throw it among the guests. The goddesses argue over who deserves the apple. Goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite each thought that she was the fairest out of all. They asked Zeus to decide who is the fairest. Zeus didn’t want to get involved, so he sent a prince named Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy in Anatolia to be the judge because he was the most honest person on earth (or he was too stupid to know the dispute between the goddess). The goddesses
Warfare and violence are extremely complex topics to examine, especially from an anthropological and archaeological perspective. There are many questions that surface when discussing warfare and violence. When did warfare begin? Is violence a universal and why does it occur? Did states create the need for warfare or did warfare create the need for states? Will we always have warfare and violence or will we be able to move towards peace in all parts of the world someday? Scholars have weighed in and used archaeological and cultural evidence to try and answer these complex questions, thus creating arguments within the academic world. One major argument that is brought up when warfare and violence are discussed is whether the two things are innate or if they are learned behaviors. Are humans destined to always be violent because it is in their DNA or can we strive for peace? Whether or not our human ancestors lived peacefully or violently is another subject of debate in academia. Some scholars believe that as societies grew more complex they developed warfare too. Others find archaeological evidence that alludes to violence between our ancient ancestors. This leads to another topic open for discussion: did states form warfare or warfare form states? Academics are divided in this discussion, although archaeological and biological evidence seems to favor one side more than the other. All of these discussions about warfare and violence are interesting and complicated. This paper
I found the article to be very informative and fascinating in its exploration of human warfare. Archeological evidence suggests that human warfare was nonexistent prior to 10,000 ago. Culturally, we are all taught that humans are violent and that they have always been warring since their existence. The article brings