Characters
The Most Beautiful woman in the world, nicknamed the face that launched a thousand ships
Helen
The God of the Sea
Poseidon
The Trojan War
Odysseus is the king of this country in Ancient Greece
Ithaca
This is where Greek theater was performed
outside
This king formed an alliance with other Greek Kings to form a massive army
Agamemnon
The Goddess of Strategic Warfare
Athena
This Greek warrior was killed by Hector who thought he was fighting Achilles
Patroclus
The wife of Odysseus
Penelope
Actors wore these wooden carvings as part of Greek theaters
masks
"The fool who thought he killed Achilles" and the leader of the Trojan army.
Hector
The King of the Gods
The god of Thunder
Zeus
Achilles drug this great warriors body behind his chariot back to his camp
Hector
The son of of Odysseus
Telemachus
Greek theater did not permit these in their plays
actresses
The greatest warrior ever born, almost totally invincible
Achilles
The God of the Sun. Achilles destroys his temple when they arrive on the beaches of Troy
Apollo
This warrior is killed by Paris after being shot by an arrow in the heel.
Achilles
Odysseus was the favorite Greek king of this Goddess
Athena
Greek theater watchers had to use their imaginations about the setting of plays because there this important part of a play did not exist
scenery
Stole Helen, killed Achilles, Prince of Troy
Paris
The King of Sparta, brother to Agamemnon, Helen leaves him for Paris
Menelaus
The city of Troy is destroyed when this gift designed by Odysseus is brought inside the city walls
The Trojan Horse
This is how long it takes Odysseus to get back home to Ithaca from the Trojan war
10 years
Stories were often passed down orally through travelling story tellers called
rhapsodes