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10th Grade
05/23/2011

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Epic
Definition
A narrative poem about an epic hero and his adventures
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epic hero
Definition
 an important figure from a history or legend, usually favored by or even partially descended from deities, but aligned more closely with mortal figures in popular portrayals
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Trojan War
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It was fought because Paris ran away with Menelaus' wife Helen. Who was the most beautiful woman on earth.
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Helen of Troy
Definition
most beautiful woman on earth who ran away with Paris and caused the Trojan War
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Paris
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he was a prince who had a prophesy that said he would destroy Troy, so his parents sent him off to die but he didn't, he was raised as a shepherd.When he judged the beauty contest for the godesses he was brived by aphrodite who promise him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. So when he met Helen he fell in love and so made the Trojan War start
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Achilles

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When he was a baby he was dipped in the river Stix and so it made an invisible force field around him that made him invincible but the only place that was not was his heel so that was the only place he could be injured.
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