Trojan

Trojan War

By Malachi Roldan
  • Jan 1, 1000

    B.C.E : Wedding of King Pelius and Thetis

    Eris, the goddess of discord, eas 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 1, 1000

    B.C.E.: The Golden Apple

    Zeus has Paris choose the fairest between Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera. Hera promised him power, Athena promised him wealth, and Aphrodite promised the most beautiful woman in the world.
    Paris chose Aphrodite
  • Jan 1, 1200

    B.C.E: Paris and Helen

    Paris goes to Spartato capture Helen and marry her, when he arrives, Menelaus, husband of Helen, treated Paris as a royal guest, but once Helen's husband leaves for a funeral, Paris abducts Helen and most of Menelaus wealth.
  • Jan 1, 1200

    B.C.E :Menelaus returns home

    Menelaus holds Helen's suitors to their promise that if Helen ever got kidnapped again they would go to war and get her back.
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Recruting of Greek army

    Agamemnon searches for the sutors of Helen, Odysseus pretends that he is insane, and Achilles pretended to be a woman, they were both caught in their lies, and were forced to keep their promise.
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Greek fleet preparation

    To safely cross the sea, the Gods demand a tribute from the Greeks in the form of sacrifice. Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia is therefore put to death and the Greek fleet sets out.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Chryseis' Abduction

    Agamemnon claims a daughter a priest of Apollo and Apollo takes revenge on the Greeks, by shooting flaming arrows down on the Greek army. Agamemnon returns her but Achilles must also return his maiden, which angers him

  • During the Trojan War

    Hector and the Trojans push the Greeks back to their ships on the coast. The Greeks barely hold their ground at the shoreline.

  • The end of the Trojan war

    The Trojans bring the giant wooden horse into the city, and when they go to sleep the Greeks jump out. They open the gates and the Greek army rushes in, and the city is left in ruin.

  • B.C.E.:

    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