Name: Course Name; Course Instructor: Date of submission: The ancient Greek War and the Odyssey War. Gods and mythical creatures controlled the wars and lifestyle of ancient Greek. Ancient wars were between the control of mortals by these gods, the chosen mortals or the half godchildren. These gods sought to control the mortals and the mortals sought to turn the cause of history (Francis). There were many wars fought by the ancient Greeks including the Trojan War. It took place during the Mycenaean period. However, there were many wars the Greek fought, those fought during the Mycenaean period no one knows the exact period it took place whereas those after have the dates when the wars started and when they ended. Among the great heroes of Greece during this period were Achilles and Odysseus. The causes of the Trojan War had begun before Achilles was born. He was to receive a lot of glory from the war but at the expense of a short life. Odysseus was powerful, eloquent, wise, cunning, and resourceful. His aid and that of Achilles were to cause the downfall of Troy. He did not want to join the war against Troy because he had an infant son and he could only return home after ten years despite the war ending in ten years. He had no choice having used his cunningness to feign madness but Palamedes beat him to his own game. Odysseus with Menelaus, and Nestor recruited the young Achilles from the women quarters in the Island of Scyrus (Homer). It is the Trojan war that later...