ATALANTA• Took part in the Caladonian Warhunt• .

• Married a man who beat her in a foot race by being distracted by three golden apples

• Abandoned by father because he wanted a son

ATALANTA• Raised by a she-bear

• She was too maidenly to be a boy, but to boyish to be a maiden

• Man named Meleager fell in love with her but got killed by his uncles for giving Atalanta credit for a kill in the hunt.

• Sailed with the Argonauts

THE TROJAN WAR• Started with the judgment with Paris

- Paris decided between Aphrodite, Hera, Athena to give a golden apple labeled for “the fairest”

- Aphrodite promised Paris a fair maiden if he gave her the golden apple

• Helen was the fairest maiden in Greece.

- Stolen by Paris to take back to Troy

• Trojan War was started, which lasted nine years

THE TROJAN WAR• Helen’s husband, Meneleus found Helen missing, and called to

the rest of Greece to help him.

- Hero’s responded, but two were missing

Odysseus and Achilles

• Achilles soon showed up but was killed during the Trojan War when Apollo guided an arrow to his Achilles’ Heel

• On the Trojan’s side, their hero was Hector.

• The war lasted 9 years

THE TROJAN WAR

Trojan Horse

•Trojans made it look like they were leaving and left a horse.

•They filled the horse with troops.

•The Greeks took the horse back to their city.

•The Trojans jumped out and wrecked The Greeks

Greeks

• Helen

• Odysseus

• Achilles

• Agamemnon

• Menelaus

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Hera

• Athena

Trojans

• Helen

• Paris

• Hector

• Aphrodite

• Ares

• Apollo

• Artemis

CHARACTERS OF THE TROJAN WAR