The Trojan War

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1200	Eris - Goddess of Discord	Eris is left out of a banquet and throws a golden apple into the banquet hall marked For The Fairest. Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena want the apple. Zeus doesn't want to get involved.
02/01/1200	Judgement of Paris	Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera are sent to Paris of Troy by Zeus for him to decide which is the fairest. All offer bribes. He chooses Aphrodite who offers the fairest woman in all the world.
03/01/1200	Paris steals Helen from Greece	Helen is the most beautiful woman in the world. Helen's husband calls upon the Greek Army to retrieve her and Odysseus and Achilles are sought out to join the army.
06/01/1200	Artemis stops Greek Army	Artemis holds back the Army out on the sea until they sacrifice a royal maiden to make up for killing a family of hares.
01/01/1210	Achilles stays out of battle	Agamemnon (Greek) took away Achille's (Greek) prize of honor and Thetis, his mother, convinces him to have nothing to do with the Greeks. Gives Trojans an advantage.
01/01/1210	Gods and Goddesses take sides	For the Greeks: Hera, Athena, and Poseidon For the Trojans: Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo, Artemis Zeus favors the Trojans but would rather stay neutral
02/01/1210	Paris vs. Menelaus	Menelaus (Greek), Helen's husband, wins and Trojans are nearly convinced to give Helen back but Athena persuades someone to break the truce and the war rages on.
03/01/1210	Diomedes vs. Aeneas	Aeneas (Trojan) is wounded and Aphrodite tries to carry him away but Diomedes (Greek) hurts her so she flees. Apollo saves Aeneas.
04/01/1210	Diomedes & Athena vs Hector & Ares	Diomedes (Greek) tells Greeks to fall back, having spotted Ares beside Hector (Trojan). Hera urges him to fight Ares and Athena drives Diomedes spear into Ares (picture of Athena helping Diomedes).
04/02/1210	Trojan Queen makes offering for Athena	Hector urges the Queen of Troy to offer a beautiful robe to Athena. She prays for help but Athena denies the prayer.
05/01/1210	Zeus & Trojans vs Hera & Greeks	Zeus helps Trojans gain advantage. Achilles is bribed into rejoining the fight but refuses. Hera puts Zeus to sleep and advantage goes to Greeks until he awakes.
06/01/1210	Patroclus vs Hector	Patroclus (Greek), a friend of Achilles, urges him to fight. Achilles refuses once more but allows him to take his armor. Patroclus leads Achilles men until Hector kills him.
07/01/1210	Achiles & Athena vs Hector	Thetis has Hephaestus make Achilles new armor and weapons (as seen in picture). Achilles wants revenge for Patroclus's death and chases Hector. Athena tricks Hector into stopping.
07/02/1210	Achilles kills Hector	Achilles drags Hector's body behind his chariot (in picture). The Trojan King visits Achilles and the Greeks allow a 9 day truce for Hector's funeral.
08/01/1210	Achilles is killed	Achilles dies when Paris shoots an arrow at him and Apollo guides it to hit his heel, his only weak spot.
09/01/1210	Ajax & Paris die	Ajax (Greek) commits suicide. Paris dies by Hercules's bow and arrows
09/02/1210	Greeks steal image of Athena from Troy	Troy couldn't be taken while it had possesion of the image of Athena.
10/01/1210	Trojan priest and sons die	The Trojan Horse is built and the Trojans think the Greeks gave up. They believe the story a Greek tells them - that the horse was an offering to Athena - and are about to bring it inside the city. A Trojan priest warns about Greeks bearing gifts but he and his two sons are strangled by Poseidon's serpents.
11/01/1210	Trojan Horse	Greek chieftains hide inside the wooden horse and climb out when night falls, opening the gates of Troy for the rest of the army. They set fire to the houses and triumph over the Trojans.
12/01/1210	End of Troy	Trojan men are dead, the women are held captive, and the children taken from them.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
06/01/1200 to 12/31/1210	Trojan War
06/01/1200 to 12/31/1209	No Advantage for Greeks or Trojans
09/01/1210 to 12/31/1210	Fall of Troy