one goal was foremost in his mind: discovering the ancient city of Troy using Homer’sIliad. Many historians believed the epic poem to be no more than a myth, but Schliemann was convinced otherwise. For him, it was a map to the hidden locations of long-lost...
The Trojans lived in the city of Troy, which is Turkey now. The story of their war with the Greeks was told in The Iliad. The Iliad is a long poem. It is said that it was told by a storyteller named Homer...
Greeks to put Ajax to death. When the Greeks were sailing away fromTroy, the goddess, with the help ofPoseidon, caused a tremendous storm. Ajax’s ship was wrecked, but he swam to a rock and boasted to the gods of his escape. Then he was cast by Poseidon into the sea and drowned....
Sea People of the Late Bronze Age. Map of the Near East shows major cities all located along waterways, from Troy in the north to Nile Delta cities and Memphis in the south. Also shows movements of armies and naval forces. Ancient Near East Empires 700–300 BCE, Shockwave interactive map....
The horse was left outside the city’s walls and, thinking it a gift, the people of Troy wheeled it inside… only for the sneaky Mycenaean soldiers to creep out and seize the city! 4.Did you know that the Ancient Greeks invented the theatre? They loved watching plays, and most cities...
Scholars date the Achaeans’ campaign against Troy to approximately 1200. The causes of the Trojan War are unclear; the Achaeans devastated a rich city. This Greek campaign is celebrated in the epics the Iliad and the Odyssey. A rapid decline of the Helladic culture set in at the end of ...
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Scholars date the Achaeans’ campaign against Troy to approximately 1200. The causes of the Trojan War are unclear; the Achaeans devastated a rich city. This Greek campaign is celebrated in the epics the Iliad and the Odyssey. A rapid decline of the Helladic culture set in at the end of ...
Seconds l___2___, the captain stood on the high wall of the city of Troy.He looked down at the empty plain and, beyond it, at the empty sea.'They've gone and we've won,' he said.'The Greeks have tried for ten years to capture our city.Now they've sailed away. And they'v...
and the Trojan captain ordered the soldiers to pull a horse into the city of Troy. ③ The Greeks climbed out of the horse and entered the city successfully by midnight. The correct order: ___ C. Further questions. ① What did the horse look like? ___ ② How did the Trojans celebrate...