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Jan 1, 1000
Wedding of King Pelius and Thetis
Eris the goddess of discord was the only god univited. She threw a golden apple into the wedding that said "for the fairest".Aprodite, Athena, and Hera all wanted the apple, but zeus would not choose between them -
Jan 2, 1000
Judgment Of Paris
it was a tournment that the three most beautiful goddesses of Olympos competed in the three goddesses where Aphrodite, Hera and Athena. For the prize of the golden apple -
Jan 2, 1000
Elopement of Paris and Helen
Helen scores of boyfriend because her father didnt want to choose because he feared the others counterattack, violently.Odysseus of ithaca proposed a plan to solve the predicamen,.He suggested that Tyndareus require all Helens boyfriend promise to protect Helens marriage. -
Jan 3, 1000
Achaean forces and the first expedition
Menelaus then asked Agamemnon to keep his part of the deal. He agreed and sent emissaries to all the Achaean kings and princes to call them to retrieve Helen. -
Jan 3, 1000
Finding Troy
Finding Troy proved difficult, however, and the Greek fleet at first landed in Mysia. According to Herodotus, the Greeks were under the impression that Helen had been taken by the Teuthranians (Teucrians), and though the Teuthranians denied such allegations, the Greeks layed siege to the city (Herodotus, Bk. II.118). The Greeks ultimately prevailed, but suffered heavy casualties at the hands of Telephus, king of the Teuthranians, and, at the end, were still without Helen. Telephus, -
Jan 4, 1000
Embassy to Priam
Odysseus, known for his eloquence, and Menelaus were sent as ambassadors to Priam. They demanded Helen and the stolen treasure be returned. Priam refused, and Odysseus and Menelaus returned to the Greek ships with the announcement that war was inevitable. -
Jan 5, 1000
The War
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
The Greeks won many important battles and the Trojan hero Hector fell, as did the -
Jan 6, 1000
The Trojan Horse
Still seeking to gain entrance into Troy, clever Odysseus (some say with the aid of Athena) ordered a large wooden horse to be built. Its insides were to be hollow so that soldiers could hide within it.Once the statue had been built by the artist Epeius, a number of the Greek warriors, along with Odysseus, climbed inside. The rest of the Greek fleet sailed away, so as to deceive the Trojans.One man, Sinon, was left behind. When the Trojans came to marvel at the huge creatio -
Jan 7, 1000
After the war
After the war, Polyxena, daughter of Priam, was sacrificed at the tomb of Achilles and Astyanax, son of Hector, was also sacrificed, signifying the end of the war.Aeneas, a Trojan prince, managed to escape the destruction of Troy, and Virgil's Aeneid tells of his flight from Troy. Many sources say that Aeneas was the only Trojan prince to survive, but this statement contradicts the common story that Andromache was married to Helenus, twin of Cassandra, after the war. Menelaus,