Trojan War Timeline

The Judgement of Paris

1184

Eris sends a golden apple labeled for the fairest of them all to the goddesses. They all want the apple and have Paris judge who it, not based off of their looks, but off of their bribes. He chooses Aphrodite who promised to make the most beautiful women in the world his. That women was Helen.

The Kidnapping of Helen

1185

Paris, along with Aphrodite's help, travels to the home of Menelaus and Helen to visit, They graciously welcome him into his home and trusted him. Menelaus left to Crete and Paris took this chance to kidnap Helen. When Menelaus returned to see Helen gone, he gathered the chieftains of Greece to organize war against Troy.

The Draft Dodgers

1186

When Menelaus called upon the chieftains, two were missing from their rank: Odysseus and Achilles. Odysseus, not wanted to leave his family for such a stupid reason, pretended to have gone mad. But when the messenger threw his son in front of a plow and Odysseus moved it, the messenger knew he was not mad. Achilles' mother did not want him to go, so she dressed him as a women to hide. When the messenger, dressed as a peddler selling weapons, saw Achilles' interest in them, Achilles was found out

Death of Patroclus

1187

The Greek's are losing the war. The Trojans have pushed them back to their ships. Patroclus goes into the tent of Achilles and attempts to convince him to join the battle. Achilles refuses, so Patroclus takes the armor of Achilles, as to look like him and scare the Greeks. Patroclus is killed by Hector, who then dawns the armor Achilles.

The Death and Mutilation of Hector

1188

Achilles, with vengeance in his heart, single-handedly pushes back the Trojan Army to the gates, where he finds Hector. They fight and Achilles disgraces Hector, then kills him. After Hector dies, Achilles decides that that isn't enough for him so he drags Hector's body through the streets and mutilates it.

The Mourning of Priam

1189

After Hector's death, Priam, being the noble man that he is, goes and visit's Achilles, the killer of his son, to give him some treasure. Achilles accepts this guest and invites him into his tent. Priam tells Achilles how he is like Achilles' father, and wants for a son. This softens Achilles' heart, and allows a 9 day grace period for Hector's funeral.

Achilles' Heel

1190

After the mourning period allowed by Achilles, the fight raged on. During the fight, Paris shoots an arrow, guided by Apollo, straight into the heel of Achilles, which was the only part of his body not dipped into the river styx, and it kills Achilles.

Disgrace of Ajax

1191

After the death of Achilles, the Greeks needed to decide who would receive his armor. The armor was given to Odysseus. This angered Ajax who went into a mad frenzy, killing flocks of cows and then, after realizing what he had done, kills himself.

The Arrows of Hercules

1193

The Greek prophet, Calchas, prophesied that the Greeks needed the arrows of Hercules to win the war, which resided on the island of Lemnos with Philoctetes. They send Odysseus to retrieve him and bring him to Troy. Philoctetes, once he arrived at Troy and started fighting, sent an arrow which barely nicked Paris, but it being a poison arrow, kills Paris.

The Trojan Horse

1196

The Greeks weren't getting anywhere with the war. Odysseus, being the smartest Greek, devised a plan. They crafted a hollow wooden horse and hid a small amount of men in it. The rest left to a nearby island. They left the horse at the gates of Troy during the night. In the morning, the Trojans let the horse into the city. The next night, under the cover of darkness, the Greeks in the horse snuck out and opened the gates for the rest of their army. They all attacked at once and killed everyone.