TroyTroyBackground to the

movie

Asia Minor

TroyGreek states

Athens

Sparta

Mycenae

Ithaca

Corinth

Thebes

Helen and Paris

Helen and Paris

Paris

• Prince of Troy• Sister Cassandra prophesied

if he lived Troy would burn• Abandoned• Returned as a young adult

and received back• Judgement of Paris – beauty

contest (Hera, Athena, Aphrodite)

Helen

• Daughter of the God Zeus and mortal woman• Most beautiful woman in the world• Married to King Menelaus if Sparta• Abducted by Paris

Prince HectorPrince Hector• Older brother of Paris• Good leader• Strong and respected• Greatest warrior of

Troy• Killed by Achilles

King PriamKing Priam• King of Troy• Father of

Paris and Hector

Princess Andromache

Princess Andromache

• Hector’s wife

• Infant son - Astyanax

Princess BriseisPrincess Briseis• Captured by Achilles• Romance• Taken by

Agamemnon• Cause of ‘Wrath of

Achilles’

AchillesAchilles

• Son of Peleus and Thetis• Immortal – mother

dipped him in the river Styx

• Greatest warrior• Obsessed with fame• Reluctantly agreed to

help Agamemnon• Wrath of Achilles – kills

Hector• Slain by Paris

King Agamemnon of Mycenae

King Agamemnon of Mycenae

• Greatest Greek King• Hates Achilles• Agrees to help

brother, Menelaus retrieve Helen

• Killed by wife on return

King Menelaus of Sparta

King Menelaus of Sparta

• King of Sparta• Married to Helen• War is fought for

her return• Survives war

and lives rest of days with Helen

King Odysseus of IthacaKing Odysseus of Ithaca

• King of island of Ithaca

• Tricked into helping Agamemnon and Menelaus

• Cunning and intelligent

• Lost for twenty years after war

AjaxAjax

• Second most powerful Greek hero

• Cousin of Achilles• Enormous strength

and courage• Not bright

PatroclusPatroclus

• Achilles’ lover• Mistakenly killed

by Hector

The Wooden HorseThe Wooden Horse