The Iliad & the Trojan War

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The Iliad & the Trojan War Western Literature & Composition I

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The Iliad & the Trojan War

Western Literature & Composition I

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Peleus and Thetis’ Wedding

Peleus was a mortal man.Thetis was a sea nymph and the daughter of Zeus.Peleus had been on many adventures and had already been married, but things went sour when he accidentally killed his father-in-law.He saw Thetis, fell in love with her, and tried to kidnap her.She managed to fight him off with a snake until he eventually won her over.

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“It is not without some god’s assistance that you conquer” (Thetis to Peleus in Ovid’s Metamorphosis)

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Wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Joachim Wtewael

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To the fairest

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Sandro Botticelli, The Judgment of Paris

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Helen of Troy by Evelyn de Morgan

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The Love of Helen and Paris, Jean-Jacques David

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Now the War Can Begin!