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The Fall of Troy

The Fall of Troy. Nicole Ross. The beginning. Begins after the funeral of Hector Achilles knew he would die not long after Prince M emnon and his army come to help Troy. The Death of Achilles. Great battle between Achilles and Memnon Memnon is killed

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The Fall of Troy

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  1. The Fall of Troy Nicole Ross

  2. The beginning • Begins after the funeral of Hector • Achilles knew he would die not long after • Prince Memnon and his army come to help Troy.

  3. The Death of Achilles • Great battle between Achilles and Memnon • Memnon is killed • Achilles drives Trojans alongside wall of Troy • Paris shoots arrow at him • Apollo guides it toward his heel • Ajax carries the body of Achilles out of battle.

  4. The Death of Ajax • Argument of the armor of Achilles • Ajax or Odysseus? • Odysseus wins, bringing him honor. • Ajax plans the death of Odysseus.

  5. The Death of Ajax (cont’d) • Athena strikes Ajax with madness • Accidentally kills the herd and cattle • Ties up and beats a large ram • Becomes sane again, commits suicide • Only buried by Greeks, no funeral pyre

  6. What can the Greeks do now? • Discouraged after two important deaths • Prophet Calchas tells them to go to Helenus • Odysseus captures him, and is told one must fight with the bow and arrows of Hercules

  7. Philoctetes had the bow and arrows • Earlier abandoned by the Greeks after bitten by a serpent • Odysseus and others went to Philoctetes • Upon returning, a physician heals him • Immediately kills Paris

  8. The Palladium • The only reason Troy could not be taken • Odysseus and Diomedes plan to take it • Diomedes climbs wall, finds it, takes it back to camp • Final plan of the wooden horse

  9. The Wooden Horse • Greek camp empty, ships gone • Trojans believe they surrendered • Final Greek, Sinon, wishes to not be a “Greek” anymore • Supposed “sacrifice for Athena” • Horse was an offering to Athena

  10. Wooden Horse of Troy

  11. The Wooden Horse (cont’d) • Confusion among Trojans • Laocoon and his sons were the only opposition • “I fear the Greeks even when they bear gifts.” • Two serpents appeared from the sea • Horse finally passed through gates

  12. In the middle of the night, the men began their plan • They all come out of the horse • Wreak havoc on the city

  13. Final Fight • Many fires started throughout city • Savage fighting • Killing their own • Aphrodite: only god to help any Trojans that day • Helped Aeneas and his family

  14. The Fall of Troy

  15. Helen of Troy • Aphrodite helped Helen out of the city • Took her to Menelaus • Willingly took her in

  16. Final Outcome • Most men are killed • Women and children separated • Hector’s son, Astyanax • Some enslaved • Only ruins of city left

  17. Works Cited • Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1942. • “The Famous Wooden Horse in Troy.” Flickr.com. 5 June 2006. • “The Fall of Troy.” http://www.vroma. org/images/mcmanus_images/aeneas_troy2.jpg • “Helen of Troy.” http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Helen_of_Troy.jpg

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