By: Alli Van Beveren and Emma Kreill

VIOLENCE AND BRUTALITY NOTES

VIOLENCE

• Violence occurs every single day. In modern times, there are wars and fights. Back then there were wars too, but they were over different things.

• Violence is a behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone.

• Brutality is savage physical violence; great cruelty.

GODS

• Before Greek Mythology, myths used to describe the Gods as awful violent people.

• In Greek Mythology, violence was only used when they were making a point or if there was a real reason.

• The Trojan war was violence used to prove a point. The point was that people and the gods are manipulative and greedy. Three of the Gods were tempted by a golden apple.

EXAMPLE: THE TROJAN WAR• In Odyssey, Greeks use violence against the Trojans

• Cause: Menelaus (King of Sparta) is angry at Paris (Prince of Troy) for stealing his wife Helen

• Under leadership of Agamemnon (Menelaus’ brother), Greeks sailed to Troy

• Popular warriors: Achilles (Greek), Hector (Trojan)

• Gods took sides in the war and helped with the violence and brutality

• The Greeks win and kill all Trojans except for some who became Greek slaves