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Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite wanted to know who was the fairest of all so they gave Prince Paris a golden apple to give to the fairest goddess. Aphrodite made the promise that Paris would have the fairest woman of all, Helen. He agreed immediately and gave her the golden apple, however, she failed to mention that she was already married to the king of Sparta, Menelaus. -
While King Menelaus was visiting crete, Paris abducted Helen and took her back to troy. Menelaus returned home and found it with Helen gone. Menelaus asked for Helen back and paris refused, ultimately starting the Trojan War. -
King Menelaus took an oath to bring Helen back to Greece. He brought all the Greek Kings together to join the fight against Paris except Achilles and Odysseus who were eventually caught and forced to fight anyway. -
The army was ready to move until artemis created a strong wind and said that the only way it would be appeased would be if a royal maiden was sacrificed. Agamemnon sacrificed his own daughter to allow them to set sail. The trip to Troy lasted 10 years. -
10 years later the greeks arrived in Troy. Menelaus and Paris fight to determine where Helen will stay and Menelaus wins, but Aphrodite saves Paris and makes him disappear. Then, Athena prevents the Trojans from Surrendering to Greece and giving them Helen -
Patroclus wants to use Achilles armor to rally the Greeks. Instead Hector kills Patroclus thinking it was Achilles. -
After Patroclus is killed, Achilles gets angry at the loss of his friend and joins the fight. He proceeds to hunt down Hector and kill him. -
After Achilles kills hector, Paris shoots him in the heel. The Greeks the proceed to retreat to plan their next move. -
Odysseus comes up with the idea to give the Trojans a giant wooden horse as a gift. However, the Greeks would be hiding inside the horse and would jump out and create a massacre inside the walls. -
After the Massacre in the city walls, Paris surrenders. Menelaus is declared victorious and takes Helen back to Greece.