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TheTrojanWar,Troy
1194BC
TheTrojanWar,Troy
1184BC
InGreekmythology,theTrojanWarwaswagedagainstthecityofTroybytheAchaeans
10years
(Greeks)afterParisofTroystoleHelenfromherhusbandMenelaus,thekingofSparta.
Wars
Anatolia
BronzeAge
Greece
Greek
IronAge
Levant
MiddleEast
Mycenaeans
Spartans
Troy
Turkey
Turkey
War
2nd
Millennium
BC
AllEvents
1200BC
ThewarisamongthemostimportanteventsinGreekmythologyandwasnarratedin
manyworksofGreekliterature,includingtheIliadandtheOdysseybyHomer."TheIliad"
relatesapartofthelastyearofthesiegeofTroy,whiletheOdysseydescribesthe
journeyhomeofOdysseus,oneoftheAchaeanleaders.Otherpartsofthewarweretold
inacycleofepicpoems,whichhasonlysurvivedinfragments.Episodesfromthewar
providedmaterialforGreektragedyandotherworksofGreekliterature,andforRoman
poetslikeVirgilandOvid.
IRONAGE:StartoftheTrojanWar
TheIronAgeistheperiodgenerallyoccurringaftertheBronzeAge,markedbytheprevalentuseofiron.
Theearlyperiodoftheageischaracterizedbythew idespreaduseofironorsteel.Theadoptionofthese
materialscoincidedw ithothercha...
500BC
Periods
1200BC
Discoveries
1200BC
WhenSchliemann,excavatedaMycenaeangraveshaft,hediscoveredthismaskandthoughthehad
"gazeduponthefaceofAgamemnon,"thegreatkingfromTheIliad.AlthoughtheMycenaeansflourished
around1500or1600BCE,earlierthanthesupposed...
Royalty
1200BC
1200BC
850BC
800BC
Homer
Cassandra,GiftofProphecy
InGreekmythology,Cassandraw asthedaughterofKingPriamandQueenHecubaofTroy.Herbeauty
causedApollotograntherthegiftofprophecy.Inanalternativeversion,shespentanightatApollo's
temple,atw hichtimethetemplesnakeslicked...
Founders
OdysseusorUlysses,KingofIthaca
OdysseusorUlyssesw asalegendaryGreekkingofIthacaandtheheroofHomer'sepicpoemthe
Odyssey.OdysseusalsoplaysakeyroleinHomer'sIliadandotherw orksintheEpicCycle.Kingof
Ithaca,husbandofPenelope,fatherofTelemachus,and...
Royalty
HelenofTroy
HelenofTroy,w asdaughterofZeusandLeda,w ifeofkingMenelausofSpartaandsisterofCastor,
PolydeucesandClytemnestra.HerabductionbyParisbroughtabouttheTrojanWar.Helenw asdescribed
ashaving"thefacethatlaunchedathousandshi...
Royalty
TheMaskofAgamemnon,Schliemann1880
Homer,GreekPoet
IntheWesternclassicaltradition,HomeristheauthoroftheIliadandtheOdyssey,andisreveredasthe
greatestofGreekepicpoets.TheseepicslieatthebeginningoftheWesterncanonofliterature,andhave
hadanenormousinfluenceontheh...
TheIliad,Homer
TheIliadisoneofthetw ogreatepicsofHomer,andistypicallydescribedasoneofthegreatestw ar
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Leonidasw asakingofSparta,the17thoftheAgiadline,oneofthesonsofKingAnaxandridasIIof
Sparta,w how asbelievedinmythologytobeadescendantofHeracles,possessingmuchofthelatter's
strengthandbravery.Whileithasbeenestabl...
480BC
Royalty
499BC
Wars
Soldiers
490BC
Wars
484BC
Wars
Poets
29BC
2004
TheAeneid,Virgil
Virgil'sgreatepictransformstheHomerictraditionintoatriumphalstatementoftheRomancivilizing
mission.TheAeneiddescribestheadventuresofAeneas,thelegendaryTrojanherow hosurvivedthefall
oftroy,sailedw estw ardtoItalyandfoun...
Action
Timeline
Ovidius,RomanPoet
PubliusOvidiusNaso,know nasOvidintheEnglishspeakingw orld,w asaRomanpoetbestknow nfor
theMetamorphoses,a15bookcontinuousmythologicalnarrativew ritteninthemeterofepic,andfor
collectionsoflovepoetryinelegiaccouplets,es...
Poetry
Virgil,RomanPoet
PubliusVergiliusMaro,usuallycalledVirgilorVergilinEnglish,w asanancientRomanpoetofthe
Augustanperiod.Heisknow nforthreemajorw orksofLatinliterature,theEclogues(orBucolics),the
Georgics,andtheepicAeneid.Anumberofmi...
BC
Poets
PeloponnesianWar
ThePeloponnesianWarw asanancientGreekw arfoughtbyAthensanditsempireagainstthe
PeloponnesianLeagueledbySparta.Historianshavetraditionallydividedthew arintothreephases.Inthe
firstphase,theArchidamianWar,Spartalaunchedr...
404BC
43BC17
Herodotus,FatherofHistory
HerodotusofHalicarnassusw asaGreekhistorianw holivedinthe5thcenturyBCinHalicarnassus,
CariaBodruminmodernTurkey.Heisregardedasthe"FatherofHistory"inWesternculture.Hew asthe
firsthistorianknow ntocollecthismaterials...
Explorers
70BC19
BattleofMarathon
In490B.C.,25,000PersiansunderDariuslandedonthePlainofMarathon.TheSpartansw ereunw illingto
providehelpfortheAtheniansintime,sow iththehelpof1,000Plataeans,andledbyCallimachusand
Miltiades,Athens'armyofaboutonethi...
425BC
431BC
Pericles,AthenianLeader
Periclesw asaninfluentialandimportantleaderofAthensduringtheAthenianGoldenAge(specifically,
betw eenthePersianandPeloponnesianw ars).Theperiodfrom461BCto379BCissometimesknow nas
"TheAgeofPericles".Hew asresponsiblefor...
429BC
TheGrecoPersianWars
TheGrecoPersianWars(alsooftencalledthePersianWars)w ereaseriesofconflictsbetw eenthe
AchaemenidEmpireofPersiaandcitystatesoftheHellenicw orldthatstartedin499BCandlasteduntil
449BC.Thecollisionbetw eenthefractiousp...
449BC
495BC
Leonidas,KingofSparta
Troy,TheFilm
AnadaptationofHomer'sgreatepic,thefilmfollow stheassaultonTroybytheunitedGreekforcesand
chroniclesthefatesofthemeninvolved.Intheyear1193B.C.,Paris,aprinceofTroyw oosHelen,
QueenofSparta,aw ayfromherhusband,Me...
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