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Jan 1, 1000
Wedding of king Pelius and Thetis
Wanting the wedding to go uninterupted, Zeus does not invite Eris, the goddess of discord. She shows up anyway, with a golden apple called "The Apple of Discord", that has the words "for the fairest" written on it. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite all want the apple. (stories.html) -
Jan 2, 1000
The judgement of Paris
The three goddesses ask Paris to chose the rightful owner of the apple. He choses Aphrodite, because she offers him the most beautiful woman, Helene, to be his wife. (www.theoi.com) -
Jan 3, 1000
Paris choses Aphrodite
Paris decides to chose Aphrodite, because she offers to give him the most beautiful women in the world, Helene.(www.sparknotes.com) -
Jan 4, 1000
Paris kidnapps Helene
Paris, with Aphrodite’s help, betrays his host and kidnaps Helen back to Troy. (www.sparknotes.com) -
Jan 5, 1000
Paris visits King Menelaus
Paris and Aphrodite go to Sparta where they meet King Menelaus, who is married to Helene.(www.sparknotes.com) -
Jan 6, 1000
King Menelaus descovers Helene missing
Menelaus and Agamemnon gatheres a fleet of one thousand ships and went to Troy to take Helen back. (wikipedia.org) -
Jan 7, 1000
Menelaus sets sail to Troy
Menelaus gets together an army of 1000 ships to sail to Troy to try and get Helene back. (www.sparknotes.com) -
Jan 8, 1000
Odysseus and Achillies stay behind
Helenes mother made all of the kings promise to support Helene, so they all decide to sail to Troy, accept Odysseus, and Achillies.(www.sparknotes.com) -
Jan 9, 1000
Artemis stops the winds
The fleet angers artemis, who stopps the winds from blowing their ships. (www.sparknotes.com) -
Jan 10, 1000
Agamemnon sacrafices his daughter
To please artemis, and get the winds to blow again, Agamemnon decides to sacrafice his own daughter, Iphigenia. (www.sparknotes.com)