jan 1, 1200 BC - Trojan War

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- Mycenean attack on Troy
- Troy→Major trading city in 1200s
- Homer→Poet who recounts the military adventure in the Iliad
- Paris, son of the king of true fell in love with Helen
- Paris took Helen to Troy, so the husband is angry
- King formed an army and sailed after them
- Myceneans couldn't get into the city
- 10 years of aimless fighting
- Odysseus built a fake wooden horse and hid soldiers causing the trojans to think they won the war
- Arete→Virtues that a hero strives for

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