Trojan war by Reeve Koesterer

"The Pride of Agamemnon"

460

King Agamemnon sacrificed his own doughter Iphigenia in order to satisfy the Goddes Artemis, big sister of Apollo. One of Zeus's children, Leto, was angry with Agamemnon and so he stalled the Greek forces on the coast at Aulis. In order to set sail they needed the winds to be in their favor. Artemis took measures so that the winds would not be in their favor until Agamemon satisfied Artemis.

"The wedding of King Pelius and Thetis."

Jan 1, 1000

Eris was not invited to the wedding which made her unhappy, but she went anyways. She brought a golden apple. Written on it was, "for the fairest". The apple created a big dispute between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, who all wanted to claim the prize apple. They settled the dispute over a beauty contest judged by a sheperd named Paris.Each of them offered a bribe. Paris accepted Aphrodite's bribe, Paris recieved Helen of Troy as wife.

"Role of the Marriage pact"

Nov 16, 1001

There was always a tention between the Greeks and the Trojans, so the Greeks always looked out for a reason to attack and conquer Troy and bring it under their kingdom. The Prince of Troy, Paris, eloped with Helen, wife of Menelaos brother of Agameemnon, so Agameemnon King of Greece had a better reason to wage a war against Troy.

"Athena interferes"

Jan 1, 1010

If it weren't for the interfierence of Athena during the fighting, Manelaus would have been declared the victor in the fight and Paris would have stayed in Troy and Helen would have gone back to Greece, but instead Athena pressured Pandarus to shoot an arrow at Menelaus, wounding him making both sides of the Trojan war angry and starting up the fighting all over again.

"Hector goes to see Wife and Son"

Jan 1, 1013

Prince Hector goes to see his wife and son. His wife tells him to stay with her and not to make her a widow, but he says no to her wishes and instead goes to his son to give him a hug. His son is scared of his helmet so Hector takes it off in order to say goodbye to his loving son.

"The War"

Nov 15, 1174

The War started as Helen, wife of Menelaus, falls in love and runs away with the Prince of Troy, Paris. This made the Greeks to take a war upon the undefeated Trojans. The historic event was the gathering of the entire Greek naval force with more than a thousand ships sailing towards Troy.

"MENELAOS V PARIS"

Dec 15, 1174

As the Greek army asembles in front of the Trojan's gates, Achaeans offers a deal to save lots of lives. Menelaos fights with the Trojan prince Paris. Paris fights Menelaos and loses, but Paris gets saved by Aphrodite.

"The Attack of Greek camp and death of Patroklos "

Mar 15, 1180

Following an intense day of fighting, Hector takes his handful of warriors to attack the Greek camp. An intense fight breaks out between Greek and Trojan warriors. In the middle of the fighting, Achilles's cousin dresses up as Achilles and enters the battle field to face Hector. He matches Hector's blade as a great warrior, but ends up dying. Then Hector realizes that it is Patroklos who has died, so he retreats his attack.

"ACHILLES VS HEKTOR"

Nov 15, 1181

As Patroklos death takes Achilles into great grieff, he wants to take revenge for his cousin's death. Achilles marches alone to the Trojan wall to fight Hektor. Achilles calls Hektor to match his blade. Hektor accepts his call and fights with great courage, ends up losing with great honor. Achilles has so much grief, he ties Hektor's dead body to his horse cart and draggs it to the Greek camp.

"The Trojan Horse."

Nov 14, 1184

The Trojan horse was built for an attack on the Trojans. The wooden statue was built hallow to hide greek soldiers inside. A door was at the bottom of the statue so the greek soldiers could come out and attack. The Trojans accepted the piece of art as a gift from the Greeks thinking that they reatreated, They brought it into Troy and at night the Greek soldiers came out of the wooden horse and slaughtered the Trojans.