From “The Iliad”

By Homer

The Judgment of Paris

The Beginning . . . . .

• Priam & Hecuba, the king & queen of Troy have a baby – they name him Paris.

• (He is the 50th son and there are 12 daughters!)

• Cassandra & the Phrophesy

• The kind shepherd from Mt. Ida

16 years later . . . . . .

• Peleus & Thesus are married on Mt. Olympus.

• Eris (discord) is angered.

• THE GOLDEN APPLE – “for the fairest”

• The cat fight - Hera, Aphrodite, & Athena

Chaos ensues . . . . .

• Zeus’s Decree

• The Judgement of Paris

• The Bribes . . . .

A few months later in Troy

• Paris’ shocking discovery.

• The Queen of Sparta!!!

• Hector & Paris voyage to Sparta to visit King Menelaus.

• The Stolen Goods.

• Menalaus leaves for a business trip – Paris sails for Troy – fast.

The scorned husband . .

• Menelaus goes to Agamemnon, his brother & the King of Greek Kings, for help.

• The Sacrifice

• The Greek army sets sail for Troy to reclaim Helen – “the face that launched a thousand ships”.

The Trojan War Begins . . • The Greeks outnumbered

the Trojans, but couldn’t defeat them because of the high walls that surrounded the city.

• The war went on for 10 years – the Greeks and the Trojans lost many warriors including the most heroic, Hector and Achilles.

Hector of Troy Achilles of Greece

After 10 years of fighting - • Odysseus, the most ingenious

of the Greek soldiers, came up with a plan.

• THE TROJAN HORSE

• So, who won the war?

• T H E G R E E K S ! ! !

• Lacoon & Poseidon’s Serpent

After the defeat . . . .

• Troy is destroyed. All the men are killed and the women and children are taken as slaves.

• Helen goes back to Sparta with Menelaus and resumes her wifely duties.

• Agamemnon returns home only to be murdered by his wife for sacrificing their child.

One more must voyage home . .

This brings us to the “Odyssey”• It is the story of Odysseus’ journey home to Ithaca. He is

trying to get home to his wife Penelope & his son Telemachus. He left Ithaca when he was an infant.

• Odysseus is a braggart and has a conflict with Poseidon.

His journey home -• Should have

taken him about 3 weeks and it should have looked a little like this .. . . . .

HOWEVER . . . . . • The journey takes almost 10 years –

and looks more like this ……………..