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

Zeus

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 heel 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; form 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