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​ **//__ The Trojan War- Before, During and After __//** // By: Veronica Salazar //

**//__ Before __//** Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera wanted the Apple of Discord to be the fairest of them all, but Zeus said that Paris, the prince of Troy, would choose which goddess would get the apple. Hera said that she would give Paris pride if chosen. Athena said she would give him wisdom. But Paris chose Aphrodite, who promised him the most beautiful woman alive, Helen. But Helen was married to Menelaus, king of Sparta. So Paris went to Sparta and stole Helen, who was under a spell to love him, and took her to Troy. They got married, and she stayed with Paris, to love and cherish him. King Priam welcomed Helen into the city with no trouble. But Hector, Paris’ brother, suspected something was coming. Menelaus was angry when he found out, and headed with Achilles, the best warrior ever known, Agamemnon, Menelaus’ brother and King of Mycenae, Agamemnon’s warriors, and thousands of Greeks to Troy. All Achilles wanted from war was fame, and that’s when The Trojan War began.

**//__ During __//** For about 10 long years, the Greeks and Trojans fought. Sparta found out that the Trojans were getting a lot of their supplies from their neighbors, so they went out to destroy these cities. The Greeks won a lot of important battles, but could not get through Troy’s powerful wall. Soon enough, Achilles killed Hector, and Paris killed Achilles.But, the Greeks could not defeat the Trojans with their powerful wall, weapons, and war strategies. Fortunately for them, Odysseus had an idea, called The Trojan Horse. The Greeks made a big a huge wooden horse that fit up to 30 Greeks. Then, the warriors went on their ships and started to sail away from Troy, making sure the Trojans were watching them. Simon, a Greek warrior, acted like he was betrayed from his army and told the Trojans the horse was a gift from the Gods, saying the Greeks had surrendered. The Trojans believed Simon's story and let him in, as long as the horse, and 30 other Greek warriors hidden inside it. At night, after Troy’s celebration of victory, Simon let the men out of the horse, and went on a tall building, and held up a torch for the ships to see. Minutes later, the rest of the Greeks in ships were on Troy. The Greeks opened the gates of Troy, letting in the Greeks. Once Troy heard them, houses were already on fire, property was destroyed, and men, women, and kids were getting slaughtered. King Priam was killed, as long as thousands of other Trojans. Some woman and children were kept as slaves, while others escaped. Troy was tricked, and destroyed in defeat. **//__ After __//** Polyxena, daughter of King Priam, sacrificed herself to show that the war has come to an end. Menelaus was about to kill Helen, but spared her because of her beauty. Finally, the Greek warriors set home, some of them such as Odysseus, having trouble with Poseidon’s rage, called The Odyssey. And The Iliad is about King Agamemnon, and Achilles’ adventure back to Greece.


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**//__ Athens vs. Sparta: Two Rival Cities __//** **//__ Athens __//** Athens and Sparta were very different. Schooling was more important to Athens than Sparta. Boys went to school when they were 7, while girls were taught at home. That was how schooling was for the Athens. The army wasn’t as strong as Sparta. The men left at age 18 from school to join the army. The government was like the army to the Athens. Family life was often separated because men were busy with the government. The government wasn’t a king, like most places. It was a democracy. They chose their own leader and had this assembly, where at least 6,000 men gathered in an area and had the time to tell the government what to do. The government was only ruled by men. Women, slaves, and foreigners could not become citizens which meant they could not be part of the government. Sparta was very different from Athens. For schooling, boys didn't go to school, but to military camp at the age of 7. Girls only participated in physical activities. They wanted their babies to be fit and healthy, because if the baby isn't healthy, they were killed. Unlike Athens, their army was very strong. Men joined the army when they turned 20 years old. They had many soldiers where men spent most of their time. Family life was far from being anything like the Athens’. They didn’t have a family life at all because men were always busy at war. The government was total opposites. Sparta had two kings, their citizens had to pay taxes and serve in the army, but they were protected from laws.
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**//__12 gods of Olympus by Anna Quade… __//**

The Greeks believed in gods and goddesses because they thought that they controlled everything. They thought that if they pleased the gods that their lives would be good. If the Greeks did not please the gods then bad things would happen. They worshiped the gods by building temples for each god or goddess. They would mainly go to the temples to pray for better control over their lives, or to sacrifice animals. They often times sacrificed animals at festive events.

Apollo was the god of prophecy, music, intellectual pursuits, healing, plague, and sometimes the sun. He was a magical child of Zeus and Leto. Apollo adored his mother and was very protective of her. Apollo’s weapon was the bow and arrow. The Greeks loved Apollo so much that they didn’t even change his name. Hades is the god of the under world not of death.He did not live on mount Olympus. His brother Zeus visited now and then. Hades came out of the underworld if he needed to go to a meeting with the other gods. His family was Zeus, Apollo Hermes, and Ares. His weapon was a staff that looked like a trident. His power was the ruling the dead.





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