The Trojan War

The Wedding Of King Peleus

Jan 1, 1000

The evil goddess of discord, Eris, was usually excluded from important events and parties. The wedding of King Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis was no exception. An angry Eris threw an apple into the banquet, labeled "for the fairest", which created a jealous uproar between all the goddesses. It was narrowed down to Aphrodite, Hera, and Pallas Athena. They went to Zues for the final judgement, but he refused and sent them to Prince Paris.

The Judgement of Paris

Jan 2, 1000

When the godesses appeared in front of Paris, they a all bribed him with different offers, hoping to be picked the fairest. Aphrodite's bribe seemed the best to Paris, and he picked her. The bribe was that Paris would have the fairest woman in the world, Helen.

Victory Wavered

Period: Jan 5, 1000 to Jan 5, 1009

For 9 years, the Greeks and the Trojans seemed evenly matched, going back and forth, neither making any significant advance.

Helen's Capture

Feb 3, 1000

Helen was married to Menelaus, and Paris, determined to have her, came to visit them. Menelaus completely trusted him, and went off to Crete. When he left, Paris stole Helen away from him, and when Menelaus found out, he called upon all of Greece to help him. This began the Trojan War.

The Greek army was held up at Aulis

Mar 4, 1000

The north wind blew constantly, keeping the Greek fleet of 1,000 ships from sailing. After a long while, the soothsayer Calchus declared that Artemis was angry, and the only thing they could do to restore her happiness is to slaughter the eldest daughter of the comander in Cheif. He did just that, and immediately the wind stopped and they set sail for Troy.

The quarrel of Agamemnon and Achilles

Jan 6, 1009

Chryseis, the daughter of Apollo's priest, was carried off by the Greeks and given to Agamemnon. Chryseis' father prayed to Apollo, who became angry and demanded Chryseis be returned to her father. The cheiftans of the Greek army insisted that she be givin back, and, unwillingly, Agamemnon had to aggree. After she had been returned, Agamemnon was angered, and therefore sent two of his squires to take away Achilles' maiden, Briseis.

The Quarell of Agamemnon and Achilles (con)

Jan 6, 1009

Achilles was obviously upset by this, as was his mother who came to him that night and told him to have nothing more to do with the Greeks from then on. He obeyed (for the time being)

Zues's Plan

Feb 7, 1009

Zues knew that the Greeks were much less powerful without Achilles, so he started a fight to try to end the war. He sent a dream to Agamemnon telling him to attack, which he did, sparking a huge fight. After a great deal of fighting, the two sides decided to let the "two most concerned" (Paris and Menelaus) fight it out alone.

Menelaus -vs- Paris

Feb 8, 1009

Menelaus and Paris fought it out for a little while until Paris dissapeared. After Menelaus furiously went through the Trojan ranks and came up with nothing, Agamemnon declared to both armies that Menelaus had won, and that Troy now had to give Helen back. And they would have, if not for Athena,s interfering. She convinced a Trojan fool to shoot an arrow at Menelaus, ending the truce.

Diomedes -vs- Hector and Ares

Mar 8, 1009

Diomedes had been raging and wreaking havoc, that i s, until he came face to face with Hector and Ares by his side. He wanted to fall and back and told the Greeks to do so, but this angered Hera. After asking permission from Zues, she went to Diomedes' side and convinced him to take Ares down. He suddenly became brave and joyful, and shot and arrow at Ares, Hera driving it home. This severly injured him, and he fled to Zues to whine about Hera. Without Ares, the Trojans fell back.

Zues helped the Trojans

Apr 10, 1009

Zues had made a promise to Thetis to avenge Achilles' wrong, so he ordered all the gods to stay in Olympus while he went down to help the Trojans. Because Achilles wasn't there, the greeks fell back almost to their ships by nightfall.

The chieftains' offer to Achilles

May 11, 1009

After deciding that the reason they lost was because Achilles wasn't there, the Greek chieftains went to Achilles' tent. Achilles was with his best friend, Patroclus, when the Chieftains made an offer to give back Briseis as well as many other treasures. He absolutely refused their offer, saying that "Not all the treasures of Egypt" could buy him.

Hera's distraction

Jun 12, 1009

Hera saw Zues helping the Trojans, and knew she had to stop him. The only way she could do this was to make herself so beautiful that he could not resist her, and then pour "sweet sleep" upon him to make him forget abou the Trojans and fall asleep. When she did this, the Greeks almost immediately got the upperhand, and Ajax injured Hector.

Zues wakes up...

Jun 13, 1009

When Zues woke up, he was furious and knew that it was Hera's doing, but she blamed Poseidon. He believed her, and told Poseidon to withdraw from the feild. He did so, turning the battle in favor of the Trojans.

Patroclus in Achilles' armor

Jun 22, 1009

When Patroclus saw how badly the Greeks were losing, he borrowed Achilles' armor and went to fight for them as Achilles. For a while, they all believed he was Achilles and he did fight as feircly as him, until jher came face to face with Hector. When he saw Hector, he knew it was all over, and it was when Hector gave him a mortal wound with his spear. When he died, Hector stripped his armor and put it on himself seemingly recieving the power of Achilles.

Achilles comes back

Jun 30, 1009

Antilochus brought the bad news to Achilles, who became so deppressed his mom came up from the sea caves. He said that he would avenge the death of his comrade by killing Hector, and his mother told him that she would have new armor, fashioned by Hephaestus, for him in the morning. He went and told the Greeks that he was ready to lead them again into battle, and did just that.

Achilles -vs- Hector

Jul 7, 1009

Achilles fought gloriously, forcing the Trjans back into Troy with the great Scaean gates open. Standing in the doorway was Hector, who Achilles and Athena chased around the city walls three times. After chasing a fighting a bit, Achilles drove a spear into his throat, finally killing Hector then disrespecting the body. Later, Priam came to Achilles wanting the body, and Achilles did give it to him.

Achilles' Heel

Aug 6, 1009

After killing Prince Memnon, Achilles met his own end. He had led to Greeks up to the Scaean gates when Paris shot an arrow into the one place where he was vulnerable; yep, you guessed it, his Achilles heal. (When he was born, his mother had intended to make him invulnerable, so she dipped him in the Styx River, covering all but his one heel.) His body was burned on the funeral pyre and his ashes were plced with those of Patroclus. His incredible arms were voted on, and were given to Odyssues.

Ajax's Suicide

Aug 8, 1009

Disgraced for not recieving Achilles' armor, Ajax was determined to kill Agamemnon and Menelaus. That night, when he go to their quarters, Athena saw what he was doing and "struck him with madness", which made him think that flocks of cattle were the Trojan army. He killed many, and when he finally rose out of his insanity, he realized what he had done. He was so disgraced and dishonored, he killed himself with his sword.

The Death of Paris

Sep 16, 1009

A prophet named Helenus told the greeks that Tory would not fall unless they had the bow and arrow of Hercules. TWhen Hercules died, these were given to Prince Philoctetes, who was on the Greek's side. He had been bitten by a serpent on the way to Troy, so they had to leave him at Lemnos. The Greeks sent Odyssues to get the bow and arrows from him, but he came too, and when he arrived the first one he killed was a Paris.

Odyssues and Diomedes steal the Palladium

Oct 16, 1009

The Greeks had heard of a sacred picture of Pallas Athena, called the Palladium, and as long as the Trojans had it, Troy could not be taken. Of course, the two greatest cheiftians still alive on the Greek side, Odyssues and Diomedes, decided to steal it, and they did.

The Trojan Horse

Nov 22, 1009

Knowing that the Greeks had to take down Troy from the inside, Odyssues devised an idea, involving a giant, rolling, wooden horse. Basically, the Chieftians would hide inside the Horse while the rest of the Greeks "left". One person left behind would make something up convincing the Trojans to take it into the city, and in the middle of the night all of the Greeks would come out and open the gates to let the rest of the army in. They would then attack the city and start fires throughout.

The Fall of Troy

Nov 25, 1009

The Greeks had carried out their plan, and it was a complete success. If you could call it that. They slaughtered every soldier, every man in the entire city, took all of the children, and sold all of the women for slavery. The city was in ruins; nothing but ash left.