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Jan 1, 1000
Wedding of King Pelius
Eris the goddes of discord , was the only god uninvited. She threw a golden apple into the wedding that said ¨for the fairest¨ . Aphrodite Athena and Hera all wanted the apple , but Zeus would not choose between them -
Jan 2, 1000
Judgment of paris
All three were beautiful goddesses with enough vanity to want Paris to pick her . They had tried to get Zeus to pick , but he refused . One goddess was his wife , another was his daughter , and the third was the goddess of beauty -
Jan 3, 1000
Paris goes visit king menelaus of sparta
In Sparta , Menelaus , husban of Helen , treated Paris as a royal guest. However , when Menelaus left Sparta to go to a funeral , Paris abducted Helen (who went willingly) and also carried off much of Menelaus wealth -
Jan 4, 1000
Elopement of Paris and Helen
The most beautiful woman in the world was Helen , one of the daughters of Tyndareus , King and Sparta . Her mother was leda , who had eaither raped or seduced by Zeus in the form of a swan . -
Jan 5, 1000
Odysseus and Achilles
Since Menelaus ´s wedding , Odysses had married Penelope and fathered a son , and sowed his fields with salt . -
Jan 5, 1000
The gathering of Achaean ofrces and the first expedition
According to Homer , Menelaus and his ally , Odysseus , traveled to Troy , where they unsuccessfully sought to recover Helen by diplomatic means . -
Jan 6, 1000
Telephus
When the Achaeans left for the war , they did not know the way , and accidentally landed in Mysia , ruled by King Telephus , son of heracles , who had led the contingent of Arcadians to settle there . In the battle , Achilles wounded Telephus , who killed the Thersasnder -
Jan 6, 1000
First gathering at Aulis
the Achean forces first gathered at Auils. All the suitors sent their forces except king Cinyras of Cyprus . Though he sengt breastplatesto Agmemnon and promised to send 50 ships , he sent the only one real ship , led by the son Mygalion , and 49 ships made of clay . -
Jan 7, 1000
The second gathering
Eaight years after the storm had scattered them , the fleet of more than a thousand was gathered again . when they all had reached Aulis , the winds ceased. -
Jan 8, 1000
Arrival
Calchas had prophesied that the first Achean to walk on land after stepping off a sship would be the first to die Thus even leading Greeks hesitated to land. Finally , Protesilaus , leader of the Phylaceans , landed first . -
Jan 9, 1000
Achilles´ campaigns
The Achaeans besieged troy for nine years . this part of the war is the least developed among surviving sources , which prefer to talk about events in the last year of war . -
Jan 10, 1000
The death of Palamedes
odysseus was sent to Thrace to return with grain , but came back empty handed , when scorned by palamedes , Odysseus challenged him to do better , Palamedes set out and retured with a shipload of grain