Ancient Greek Wars

Trojan War

• Dates:• Circa 1193 to

1183 BC• Opponents:• Greece v. Troy

Dates & Opposition

• Mythology: • “Apple of Discord,” Helen

of Troy• Fact:• May have been caused

by an economic rivalry

Major Events & Facts

Aphrodite Helen

Does she seriously think

she can compete with a

true goddess like me? Zeus

Are you jealous sister? I married a mighty Spartan King AND I have a prince drooling over me?

Hera Aphrodite Athena

Eris

How DARE I don’t get invited

to the biggest party ever! I’ll show them.

{EVIL LAUGH}

Eris

Zeus

Paris

Zeus! I demand that you give this golden apple to the

fairest goddess!

No way! I’m not that

stupid! Paris, you pick!

Umm…ok!

Pick me! I’ll make the most

beautiful woman fall in love with you!

Pick me! I’ll provide you with

great power!

Hera Aphrodite Athena

Pick me! I’ll provide you with great military

strength!

?

Helen

Paris

I choose Aphrodite so I can have a beautiful

woman!

Luckily for Paris, Aphrodite kept her promise. Paris &

Helen left Greece and traveled to Troy to live happily ever after!!!

Until…

Achilles

I want to come too.I just hope my weak heal doesn’t cause

any problems.King Menelaus of Sparta &

his brother King Agamemnon of Mycenae

OMG! Helen has been kidnapped by Paris! Brother, join me & the other kings of Greece. We will set sail for

Troy with 1,000 ships tomorrow! I WILL get my

woman back!

Hector (Paris’ Brother in Troy)

Paris

Brother, I seem to have started a war with the Greeks…will you come to

my defense?

I AM the greatest of the Trojan

warriors. Those Greeks are no match for the

brave men of Troy! I’m off to kill some

Greeks!

Achilles (Greece)

Hector (Troy)

One-On-One Battle…

Achilles is Victorious!

Patroclus is DEAD!?!? He thinks he can get away with killing my cousin?

I’ll show him!

I’m dead!!

Paris

Achilles (Greece)

Remember Me??...Bye, Bye

Achilles!!! MUAHAHA! I’m

dead!!

We’ve been at this for years and can’t

Get past those walls.Now what?

Odysseus

I have a plan…. It’s a little risky, but I think it will

work!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOHOHDqmNc0

• Greeks traveled to Troy by 1000 ships

• 10 year siege; first 9 years uneventful

• Major Figures:• Hector, Achilles, Odysseus

Major Events & Facts

Winner• Winner:• Greece• Burned

Troy to the ground

Persian War

• Dates:• 499 – 448 BC• Opponents:• Greece v.

Persia

Dates & Opposition

Major Events & Facts• For hundreds of years Greek

people had lived in Ionia• 546 BC:• Persians conquered Ionia• Ionian Greeks revolted; received

aid from mainland Greeks

Major Events & Facts• Important Battles:• Battle of

Marathon• Battle of

Thermopylae • Battle of

Salamis

Winner• Winner:• Greeks• Athenians take

credit for the victory; for the Delian League

Peloponnesian War

• Dates:• 431 – 404 BC• Opponents:• Athens v.

Sparta

Dates & Opposition

Major Events & Facts• Civil war• Different strengths; evenly

matched• WHY?• Athens – SEA

POWER• Sparta – LAND

POWER

• Eventually the Spartans were able to trap the Athenians against the sea

• 404 BC:• Sparta captured Athens• Refused to burn it to the ground• WHY?

Major Events & Facts

Winner• Winner:• Sparta• Ended Athenian domination of

the Greek world