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Jan 1, 1000
Wedding of Ping Pelius and Thetis
Peleus murders his half-brother, his father sends him to Pithia where he is removed for the murder and marries the daughter of a king. Peleus eventually becomes King of Pithia. -
Jan 4, 1000
Menelaus finds out Helen is Gone
menelaus went to see his brother Agamemnon,king of Mycenae and the most powerful Greek ruler,to get his help in putting together a Greek army to go and attack Troy and get Helen back -
Jan 6, 1000
Odysses and Achilles avoid the army
Odysseus wanted to avoid being recruited into the Greek army, because he had learned that though the war would last only ten years, he would not return home to Ithaca, until twenty years later. Odysseus pretended to be insane, but gets caught. Achilles dresses up as a woman, but is also caught, and are forced to join the army. -
Jan 7, 1000
The Trojan War begins
When Menelaus demanded her return, the Trojans refused. Menelaus then persuaded his brother Agamemnon to lead an army against Troy. At Aulis, troopships gathered, led by the greatest Greek heroes Achilles, Patroclus, Diomedes, Odysseus, Nestor, and the two warriors named Ajax. -
Jan 9, 1000
Chryseis
When Agamemnon refuses to give her to her father, Chryseis, Apollo places a curse on the Greeks. Achilles confronts Agamemnon and tells him to give the girl back. In outrage, Agamemnon gives the girl to her father, but he takes Achilles' girl, Briseis. In a rage, Achilles refuses to fight until she is returned. -
Jan 11, 1000
Zues
Zeus is reluctant to help the Trojans, for his wife, Hera, favors the Greeks, but he finally agrees. Hera becomes livid when she discovers that Zeus is helping the Trojans, but her son Hephaestus persuades her not to plunge the gods into conflict over the mortals. -
Jan 12, 1000
Menelaus v.s Paris
Menelaos offered to fight Paris in single-combat and so settle the issue of the war. Agreeing to this, the two warriors drew lots to see who would have first throw with their spear. Paris is defeated, but Aphrodite saves him. -
Jan 14, 1000
Ajax v.s Hector
Hector threw a large rock at the Greek, only for him to fend it off with his shield. Ajax returned the favour with an even bigger rock, smashing Hector’s shield. They then drew their swords and closed for mortal combat but were each stopped by their comrades who called for an end to the fighting as night was approaching. -
Jun 3, 1000
Paris Goes to visit King Menelaus of Sparta
Menelaus is the king of Sparta who was robbed of his wife Helen. For his sake, a fleet of unprecedented size sailed to Troy in order to demand the restoration of Helen and the Spartan property that the seducer Paris, breaking all laws of hospality. -
Jan 3, 1250
Judgement of Paris
THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS was a contest between the three most beautiful goddesses of Olympos Aphrodite, Hera and Athena for the prize of a golden apple addressed to "the fairest. The story begins at the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis to which all of the gods were invited, all except Eris, the goddess of discord. When she appeared at the festivities, she was turned away, and in her anger cast a golden apple
