The Trojan War Comic Strip

The Trojan War comic strip Thousands of years ago during the 1200s B.C., the Mycenaeans fought in a famous battle against the Trojans. This battle was famous for its devastation and destruction, but also because of the mystery surrounding it. The Trojan War is documented in history by only one source: in an epic poem called The Illiad, written by Homer five hundred years after the battle took place. According to Homer, the Trojan War was fought over a woman. A young man named Paris, who was the prince of Troy, fell in love with Helen, the wife of the Mycenaean king. Paris took Helen back to Troy with him, and in her husband’s anger, the Mycenaean king formed an army and sailed after them. However, the city of Troy was well defended and the Mycenaeans could not get into the city. They camped outside the city walls for ten years waiting to capture the city and return Helen home. Then, Odysseus came up with a plan to trick the Trojans. He had his soldiers build a huge wooden horse – the symbol of the Trojans – and he had his best soldiers hid inside the horse while the rest of the army boarded their ships and sailed away. The Trojans saw the horse as a peace offering, and when they saw the ships sailing away, they thought they had won the war. They tied ropes to the horse and pulled it into the center of the city for all to see. After dark, the Mycenaean soldiers hidden inside the horse came out. They opened the city gates and let the rest of the Mycenaean army inside. The Mycenaeans killed the king of Troy and burned the city to the ground. Then, they returned back to Greece with Helen. Despite the Mycenaeans’ victory over the Trojans, the soldiers returned home to darkness and devastation. A series of civil wars broke out among the citizens, and within a hundred years, almost all of the Mycenaean fortress-palaces had been destroyed. With the Mycenaeans busy fighting amongst themselves, the Dorians were able to invade Greece and conquer the Mycenaeans. After the civil wars and the Dorian invasion, the Aegean world fell into a dark age. Oversees trade stopped and skills and culture of the Mycenaeans disappeared. But over time, the Aegean world began to rebuild. Local rulers gained control of small communities and called themselves kings. The people began calling themselves “Greeks” and they worked hard to redevelop their skills and culture.