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)

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.