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Jan 1, 1000
Wedding of King Pelius & Thetis
1 Jan 1000,Peleus and Thetis had not invited Eris, the goddess of discord, to their marriage and the outraged goddess stormed into the wedding banquet and threw a golden apple onto the table,the apple belonged to, Eris said, whomever was the fairest. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 10, 1000
The Trojan War
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Jan 2, 1000
Judgment of Paris
2 Jan 1000, Zeus proclaimed that Paris, prince of Troy and thought to be the most beautiful man alive, would act as the judge. -
Jan 3, 1000
Paris goes visit King Menelaus of Sparta
3 Jan 1000,In Sparta, Menelaus, husband of Helen, treated Paris as a royal guest. However, when Menelaus left Sparta to go to a funeral, Paris abducted Helen . -
Jan 4, 1000
Paris abducted Helen
4 Jan 1000, Paris abducted Helen and also carried off much of Menelaus' wealt. -
Jan 5, 1000
Helen's old suitors
5 Jan 1000 ,Helen's old suitors had made an oath long ago that they would all back Helen's husband to defend her honor. -
Jan 6, 1000
Cyprus suitor of Helen
He did not wish to go to war, but promised Agamemnon fifty ships for the Greek fleet,the first ship was commanded by his son,the other forty-nine, however, were toy clay ships, with tiny clay sailors,they broke down soon after being put in the ocean. -
Jan 7, 1000
Finding Troy
7 Jan 1000,Finding Troy proved difficult, however, and the Greek fleet at first landed in Mysia, the Greeks were under the impression that Helen had been taken by the Teuthranians,they denied such allegations,Telephus, in the course of the war, was wounded by Achilles,he had been told by an oracle that only the person who wounded him could cure him. -
Jan 8, 1000
The War
8 Jan 1000,The first nine years of the war consisted of both war in Troy and war against the neighboring regions,the Greeks realized that Troy was being supplied by its neighboring kingdoms, so Greeks were sent to defeat these areas,as well as destroying Trojan economy, these battles let the Greeks gather a large amount of resources and other spoils of war, including women. -
Jan 9, 1000
The Trojan Horse
9 Jan 1000, Odysseus ordered a large wooden horse to be built,its insides were to be hollow so that soldiers could hide within it,they gave the wooden horse to the trojan,the Trojans celebrated what they thought was their victory,and dragged the wooden horse into Troy. -
Jan 10, 1000
The Trojan War
That night, after most of Troy was asleep or in a drunken stupor, Sinon let the Greek warriors with Odysseus out from the horse, and they slaughtered the Trojans. Priam was killed as he huddled by Zeus' altar and Cassandra was pulled from the statue of Athena and raped
