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The Deception of the Greeks
After the Trojan Horse had been pulled to the city, the Greeks waited within until the sun had set. At dark, the Greeks opened the trap door and used a rope to climb from the Trojan Horse to the ground, then set off to open the gates of Troy. Once the gates were opened, the remaining Greek surged through the entrance to start laying havoc to the Trojans. -
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The Trojan Horse
The Greeks snuck into Troy by the use of the Trojan Horse.They did this by using the Trojan Horse as basically a symbol. An undercover Greek came into Troy with the Trojan Horse to explain to Priam that if the Trojans were to destroy the horse, the gods would give them bad fortune. But if they were to put it where the Palladium once was and tear down the walls, they would prevail over the Greeks. -
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The Women
The day after the fall of Troy, the Trojan women were gathered to be given away as prizes for the Greek chieftains. Hecuba was given to Odysseus as a slave. She later died while serving Odysseus. Cassandra was given to Agamemnon. He loved her very much. Polyxena was a sacrifice to Achilles. Andromache was given to Pyrrus. -
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The Sack of Troy
Upon opening the gates of Troy, the Greeks proceded to lay waste to the city of Troy. Menelaus had headed straight for the house of Helen's new husban; he set the house aflame, and hacked Deiphobus to pieces. Meanwhile, Coroebus, a Trojan hero, and his band of warriors had defeated a small group of Greeks, and they proceded to put on the Greek armor. Unfortunately as the battle continued, Trojans mistook the band of disguised Trojans as enemies and soon started attacking them. -
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The Fall of Priam
As the Greeks attack Troy, Pyrrhus, son of the great Achilles charges in to the palace of Priam. In atempt to defend his Queen and his daughters, Priam goes off to face Pyrrhus. In atempt to fight Pyrrhus, as Priam falls he utters his last words, " Shame on you! Your father, Achilles, knew mercy, but you have a heart of stone." -
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Agememnon's Death
Being the "nice an wonderfull wife she was" Clytemnestra made Agememnon a bath near the end of the day so the war stricken hero could soothe his muscles. But when he was sitting in the bathtub, his wife went and got his axe to kill him. She hacked the area between his shoulder and neck until he died. -
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Aeneas Flees
Aeneas the son of Priam flees Troy to start a new Kingdom. He leaves the city of Troy with other Trojan survivors. As he and the others flee from Troy some Greeks start charging at the group, Aeneas tells them survivors to scatter and meet up at the Demeter's Mound. -
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The Adventures of Menelaus
King Menelaus set out to find his prize of the ten years's war, Helen. He plundered through Troy destroying images of the Gods. The gods were angry at the plundering of their image and created a massive storm to scatter Menelaus's ships. The storm caused his ship to land on an island. -
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The Death of Hector's Son
The son of Andromache and Hector was thrown from a tower in fear that he would grow up to avenge Troy and cause trouble for the Greeks. -
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Agamemnon Returns
Agaememon was on his way home with his soldiers and his slave wife, Cressida. Upon getting home, people applauded him. Cressida also predicted that Clytemnestra would kill Agamemon and her which would later come true. His wife had a very warm welcome, when they arrived acting like she was the wife that any king would be be lucky to have. -
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Aeneas' Nation
Aeneas remembered the words of his goddess mother Aphrodite. "You shall live to found a great city," and had said, "your sons' shall be rulers of Asia, and of Greece, and of all parts of the world." This nation would be called Rome. Afterwards, Aeneas and his followers set out to Rome. -
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The Capture of Proteus
Upon being stranded on an island, Menelaus was visited by a sea nymph. She explained to Menelaus that in order for him to reclaim Helen and return home, he must first capture the sea god Proteus. Menelaus and his men disguised themselves as seals, so Proteus would think they were part of his flock. While paying no heed to his seals, Menelaus and his companions sprung upon Proteus. Proteus however, had the ability to change into different animals, and so the wrangling of Proteus began. -
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The Storm
After the victory of the Greeks, all the heroes packed up and started for home. However, the Goddess Athene was angry because some of the Greeks had ravaged her temple at the city of Troy. This angered Athene greatly so she went to Poseidon and convinced him to create a great storm that would destory the Greeks. The storm hit, but didn't do the harm Athene had intended because the majority of the Greeks were scattered in their ships. The hero Ajax drowned when the storm hit unfortunately. -
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Pyrrhus Dies
Pyrrhus son of Achilles picks Andromache to be his prize of war. He fell in love with her, his wife saw that he was falling for the searvent girl and ploted Pyrrhus's death with a cousin. After killing Pyrrhus, Andromache was saved and married Helenus whom helped the Greeks take Troy. -
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The Knowledge of Proteus
Menelaus and his men jumped upon Proteus, who changed into the shapes of different animals. They captured Proteus who told them that in order for them to return home, they would have to travel to Egypt. While in Egypt they must make an offerings to the gods for a fair wind. Menelaus was also delighted to hear that while in Egypt he would be reunited with his beloved Helen.
