![]() A colossal Greek army set sail for Troy, led by Agamemnon. The war started when Paris, a Trojan prince, stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. This conflict was between the Trojans and the Greeks and was estimated to have taken place in the 12th or 13th century BC – it lasted for ten years. ![]() ![]() Immortals who play a big part in all three poems are: Hera/Juno, the wife of Zeus/Jupiter who supports the Greeks in the Trojan War Poseidon/Neptune, the god of the sea who makes Odysseus’ life very difficult in The Odyssey Athena/Minerva, goddess of wisdom and war and another supporter of the Greeks, who comes to Odysseus’ aid throughout The Odyssey and Aphrodite/Venus, goddess of love, who is forever watchful of her son, Aeneas, both on the battlefield and on his journey to found Rome. All the gods have two names depending on whether they are being referred to by Greeks or Romans. They have full personalities, their own allegiances to the humans below and to each other, and they are prone to the same emotions as mortals: jealousy, love, anger, sadness. ![]() Gods in the classical world are characters in and of themselves. ![]()
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