Trojan War: The Very Odd Substitute Explains the Trojan War (A Tour of the World's Greatest Adventure Literature the Beginning of the Trojan War)

Rocky Johnston · AI-narrated by Martin (from Google)
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The trojan mouse is your definitive guide to unlocking the messages, values and beliefs hidden inside disney movies from snow white to the frozen franchise. Screenwriter and film critic samuel lively gives the behind-the-scenes scoop on how disney transformed from a shining beacon of traditional values to a giant trojan mouse, a devastatingly effective weapon of culture war.

Cracking open everything from cherished favorites like beauty and the beast to recent hits like wreck-it ralph with unflinching analysis, the trojan mouse brings the progressive agenda of the storytellers to light. After laying these ideas bare, lively equips concerned parents and leaders with the tools to counteract this influence and guard the hearts and minds of those dearest to us.

 

You’ll learn:

•                  Why the war started

•                  How one face launched a thousand ships

•                  About the tricksters – and the tricked!

•                  Myth or history – which parts are which?

•                  Who were the trojans?

•                  Was it kidnapping or did they elope?

•                  Achilles’ heel – why was it so vulnerable?

•                  The many prophecies – and their fulfilment

•                  Death of heroes – depending on which side of the sea you lived!

The trojan war, in greek tradition, started as a way for zeus to reduce the ever-increasing population of humanity and, more practically, as an expedition to reclaim helen, wife of menelaos, king of sparta and brother of agamemnon.

Helen was abducted by the trojan prince paris (also known as alexandros) and taken as his prize for choosing aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess in a competition with athena and hera at the wedding of peleus and thetis. Menelaos and the greeks wanted her back and to avenge trojan impudence.

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5.0
15 reviews
Frank martha Felis
December 28, 2024
A great introduction to the story of Odysseus! I read The Trojan War together with my 8 year-old, and he understood everything. At the end, he wanted to know more about Odysseus' adventures. The drawings are also classic-colorful and detailed but clear enough for younger kids. We're now awaiting for the next installment of Odysseus!
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Brieya malcom Synthiya
December 26, 2024
I was looking for an introduction to the Trojan War before diving into the Iliad and chose Barry Straus's The Trojan War: A New History. I chose, wisely. This is a fast paced exhilarating read that makes ancient history come to life. Not having read much on Bronze Age warfare, I thought Strauss did an excellent job providing the reader with a solid background of the era and enabling them to create a construct of what might have happened in some of these epic battles.
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Christinarobin Kooch
December 26, 2024
This was a great re-telling of a well known story. It is populated with interesting facts about the Bronze Age. The writing is agile and uncomplicated, but in means dumbed down. The inter spacing of the historical and archeological finds with Homer and other traditional accounts of the story makes for a brand new imagining of the Epic Tale. If you're interested in the Bronze Age, ancient warfare or the Classical Greeks in general this will make a satisfying and educational read.
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Hi, my name is Rocky Johnston. I love travelling. I love spending time with my family. 

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