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Jan 1, 1000
Wedding of King Pelius and Thetis
King Pelius and Thetis were wed, but Eris, the only god uninvited. She threw a golden apple into the wedding. Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera wanted the apple, but Zeus rejected them all. -
Jan 2, 1000
Judgement of Paris
Zeus was asked to mediate and he commanded Hermes to lead the three goddesses to Paris of Troy to decide the issue. The three goddesses appearing before the shepherd prince, each offering him gifts for favour. He chose Aphrodite, swayed by her promise to bestow upon him Helene, the most beautiful woman, for wife. The subsequent abduction of Helene led directly to the Trojan War and the fall of the city. -
Jan 3, 1000
Paris goes to visit King Menelaus of Sparta
Helen, the wife of the king, was the most beautiful women in the world. -
Jan 4, 1000
Paris steals Helen
While King Menelaus was gone to Crete, Paris steals Helen and brings her back to Troy. -
Jan 5, 1000
Menelaus finds that Helen is gone
He calls for the Greek army to go to Troy and bring her back. -
Jan 6, 1000
Trojan war begins
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Jan 7, 1000
Trojan War Begins
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Jan 8, 1000
Fight over Chryseis
Chryseis is taken from her father and brought to the Greek Agamemnon. -
Jan 9, 1000
Chryseis' Father prays for Apollo
Apollo attacks the Greeks for Chryseis's father. Achilles tells Agamemnon to give back Chryseis. -
Jan 10, 1000
Agamemnon steals Achilles maiden as revenge
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Jan 10, 1000
Achilles leaves the Greeks
Achilles leaves the Greeks after his wife was taken from him. -
Jan 11, 1000
Gods begin to favor sides
Favoring the trojans, Zeus sends a lying dream to Agamemnon telling him he'll win if he attacks. -
Jan 12, 1000
Menelaus fights Paris for revenge
Although Paris lost, Aphrodite saves him. -
Jan 13, 1000
Ares fights in favor of the Trojan side
Hera and the Greek Diomedes work togethher to defeat him. -
Jan 14, 1000
The Trojan Hector starts the end of the Greeks
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Jan 15, 1000
Achilles' freind is killed by Hector
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Jan 15, 1000
Achilles fights to avenge his freind
Hector is killed by Achilles. -
Jan 15, 1000
Achilles drives the Trojans back into Troy
Unfortunetly, Achilles dies in battle. -
Jan 16, 1000
The Trojan Horse
Pretending to be a gift, Odysseus creates a huge wooden horse, waiting inside with other Greeks. -
Jan 17, 1000
The Trojans bring the horse into their city
It was going great according to Odysseus' plan to infiltrate the Greeeks. -
Jan 18, 1000
The Greeks come out of the horse when the time is right
They come out of the horse at night opening the gates to let the rest of the Greeks come in. -
Jan 19, 1000
The Greek army destroys Troy
