The Trojan War

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1001	Golden Apple	Eris throws in a golden apple at a marriage between Thetis and King Peleus. Godesses fight for it as it is "For the fairest"
01/03/1001	Three Are Chosen	The Gods and Goddesses narrow down the choices to Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena
01/05/1001	Paris Chooses	The three goddesses bribe Paris, and he chooses Aphrodite
03/12/1001	Hera's Persuasion	The armies stop fighting and almost make peace, but Hera persuades a man to shoot an arrow and make them continue to fight
05/19/1001	Greeks Fall Back	The Greeks fight well, but Ares is fighting for Troy, and they cannot push forward, so they are pushed backwards
08/20/1001	Paris Meets Helen	Paris goes to Greece and meets Menelaus's wife, Helen. Menelaus leaves for a day, he comes back and Helen and Paris are gone.
10/23/1001	Greece Assembles	Everyone in Greece wants to help get Helen back, because they have all been together and want Helen for themselves.
03/01/1002	The First Battle	Paris and Menelaus fight. Paris is almost killed, but saved by Aphrodite
02/05/1003	The Gods take Sides	Trojans : Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Greeks. Hera, Athena, Poseidon
04/20/1004	Zeus Picks a Side	Zeus, being neutral, is approached by Achilles' mom, telling him to pick sides with the Trojans. He also forces Poseidon to go with him
06/21/1004	Trojans led by Prince	The Trojans choose prince Memron as the Trojans new leader
05/26/1005	Patroclus steps in	Patroclus, Achilles' friend, is sick of Achilles not fighting, so he puts Achilles' armor on and fights as him
05/26/1005	Hector Kills Patroclus	Patroclus is killed by Hector, who thinks he is Achilles.
06/30/1005	Achilles Returns	Achilles realizes he is the reason his friend is dead so he decides to go back and fight again. Hephaestus makes him amazing armor unlike any other
08/13/1005	Achilles Kills Hector	Achilles has help from Athena in finding Hector. She distracts Hector by morphing into his brother and Achilles kills Hector with his own spear
08/13/1005	Achilles Disrespects Hector	Achilles drags Hector around his chariot, mangling his body, angering the Trojans and the Gods
09/22/1006	Achilles kills the Prince	Achilles kills the Trojan Prince, making them once again leaderless.
01/22/1008	Achilles is killed	Achilles is shot in the heel by an arrow guided by Apollo. The heel hits him in the only weak spot on his body - his heel - and he bleeds out.
03/20/1008	Achilles Armor Choices narrowed down	Achilles armor is decided it will go to either Ajax or Odysseus, the two best warriors.
04/05/1008	Ajax goes insane	Ajax believes that the leaders fixed the vote, so he tries to kill them, but the Gods step in and make it seem like he is killing the leaders, but he is really killing the chickens. Ajax then kills himself to avoid shame.
04/05/1008	Odysseus gets the Armor	Odysseus is chosen to get the armor, making Ajax mad.
07/21/1009	Paris is killed	The arrows and bow of Hercules is given to the Greeks, which are used to kill Paris
01/01/1010	The Trojan Horse	The Greeks make a huge hollow horse and put it up to the Trojans front gate. Meanwhile, the Greeks ships are being pulled behind an island to make it seem like they are retreating. One man is left to tell the story of the retreat.
01/02/1010	The Fall of Troy	The Trojans bring the horse into the city and all go home to sleep. During the night the Greeks jump out of the horse and burn down the city, leaving it in ruins. The greeks sail back to Greece with Helen
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/01/1001 to 12/31/1010	The Trojan War