Trojan War Jigsaw
Photo by Warner Bros./Reuters from the movie, Troy
In your group, you will use the links below each question to research a complete answer to
the question you are given.
Split up the links (for 1 or 2 people) and take notes on a link, in your own words of
course.
Compare your notes with the rest of your group, and add anything you did not get.
Together summarize and practice explaining the main points.
By yourself, you will be responsible for teaching this information to a group that
researched the other questions.
Question I
Who was Homer? What do we know about him? What is the “Homeric Question”?
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Question
Biography.com: http://www.biography.com/people/homer-9342775#synopsis
Ancient Greece.com: http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/People/Homer/
Question II
Explain the events leading up to the Trojan War. Hint: Start with the goddess named Eris
and Prince Paris. It all starts with an apple...
Encyclopedia Mythica: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/paris.html
The Theoi Project: http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Eris.html
Stanford U: http://www.stanford.edu/~plomio/history.html
Question III
Identify and explain the importance of each person on the Trojan side of the war: Priam,
Hecuba, Paris, Helen, Hector & Cassandra.
Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/
About.com http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/troyilium/p/trojanpeople.htm
Timeless Myths.com http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/heroes2.html#Trojans
Spark Notes http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/iliad/characters.html
Question IV
Identify and explain the importance of each person on the Greek side of the war:
Menelaus, Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Nestor, Achilles & Patroclus.
Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/
About.com http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/troyilium/p/trojanpeople.htm
Timeless Myths.com http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/heroes2.html#Greeks
Spark Notes http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/iliad/characters.html
Question V
How long did the war last? How did it end?
Classical Myth Class, University of Wisconsin: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/prec/www/course/mythology/1200/twar2.htm
About.com: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/troyilium/a/trojanwar_4.htm
Stanford U: http://www.stanford.edu/~plomio/history.html#anchor202941
Kidipede: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/myths/trojanhorse.htm
Question VI
How did the Greeks get Odysseus to fight in the war? What was his reputation as a man
and warrior? What did he contribute to the war? What is his Roman name?
Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/articles/o/odysseus.html
About.com: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/homerodyssey/f/MadOdysseus.htm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus#Before_the_Trojan_War
IntoGreece: http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/mythology/names/odysseus.htm
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