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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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storiesofalltime,buttosaytheIliadisaw arstorydoesnotbegintodescribetheemotionalsw eepofits


actionandcharacters:Achilles,He...

540BC

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

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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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