Background Notes of the Odyssey
Created Maddie Cunningham. Alternative Assignment
Two reasons the Trojan War began:
Economic Reasons
The Trojans controlled major waterways, and made it harder for the Greeks to be able to trade. Greece decided that to make it easier to trade and less expensive, they would began a war with The Trojans.
Mythlogical Reasons
The Goddess of Discord Iris, was angry that the other gods and goddesses didn't want to invite her to any party, in return, she caused major mischief.
The gods threw a big party, and Iris threw an apple engraved with 'To the Most beautiful Goddess' and Here, Athena, and Aphrodite faught for the title. They all went to Zeus but he gave the job to a mundane with the name of Paris having him choose the most beautiful godddess. Aphrodite promised Paristhe most beautiful woman on earth, but she was married to king Agamennon's brother.
Myth reasons continued
When Paris took Menalus' wife, he was so angered that he asked his brother to go and take her back. Thus begining the Trojan war.
The outline of the Odyssey
The Odyssey was named after its hero, Odysseus. At first he didn't want toleave jis wife Penelope and his new son, Telamauchus, alone during the war. He decided that if he wanted to stay home, he would have to play crazy. He did this by plowing the fields all day and night ignoring anyone who talked to him. To see if he was actually crazy, they put Telamauchus in front of the plow causing him to stop. After this, they sent him ona ship as a fleet captain. His journey took him from home for twenty years.