The women of Greece’s oldest civilization wove fabrics, carried weapons and wept over their lost children.

Korfmann first carried out excavations at a bay several miles away, where he developed a theory, disputed by some archaeologists, that a Greek-Trojan maritime rivalry culminated in a major war ...

It was a beauty contest, after all, that touched off the Trojan War. Athena, Hera and Aphrodite vied for Paris to decide who was the fairest among them. After Aphrodite promised him the love of ...

The name Aphrodite comes from that sky aphros ... Cypria, a lost Cypriot epic on the origins of the Trojan War, in the hands of Christofi becomes Cyprus. This is a beautiful island in the heart ...

Aphrodite’s story ... fleeing the devastation of the Trojan War, then went on to establish the Julian dynasty. Descendants of the Julians, the twins Romulus and Remus, would found Rome.

and the war was ended by a trick: Ulysses’ famed stratagem of the wooden horse. Results: Destruction of Troy. However, the Trojans got their revenge: Aeneas, with the help of Aphrodite ...

Aphrodite’s role, however, extended beyond mere romance. She possessed a kind of soft power, capable of swaying the tide of human affairs through allure and attraction. This aspect is vividly ...

The Trojan War was a time of heroes. From the swift-footed Achilles, and the hot-headed Prince Paris, to the beautiful Queen Helen, and the all-powerful gods, Zeus, Athena, and Aphrodite.

Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite—seen here in a 2nd-century ... In one of the single most celebrated encounters of the Trojan War, Hector was called out by Achilles who challenged his foe to a ...

It was while he was guarding his father’s flocks that he was asked to be the judge in a fateful beauty contest between Aphrodite ... supporter of the Trojan side in the war, loved Cassandra ...

To settle the argument, the goddesses turned to Paris, a Trojan prince, for judgment. Each goddess offered him a bribe: Hera promised power, Athena promised wisdom and skill in war, and Aphrodite ...