The Iliad

Helen and Paris

Jan 1, 1200

1200 B.C.
This is the date where the queen of Sparta marries the prince of Troy. Helen runs away from sparta when she fell in love with paris. when this happened there where many problems to come. The king of Sparta is related to the king of Greece. when the king of sparta finds out where Helen has gone he becomes angry. he goes to Agamemnon (Ruller of Greece) for help.

Queen of Sparta is Missing

Jan 5, 1200

At this time the king of Sparta has noticed that the queen of Sparta is missing. he at first he thinks that she was taken by a group of people. when the king of sparta finds out that she ran off to troy he goes to his brother. he convinces the ruller of Greece (brother) the help him get helen back

Trojan war begins

Jan 7, 1200

the trojan war has begun. the army of Greece has gone across the sea to where troy is located. The Greek army is going to attempt to take controll of troy. this is all because of helen and paris falling inlove. the king of sparta has gone with the greek army to get his wife back

Agamemnons starts problems

Jan 9, 1200

Agamemnon has taken a girl as a war prize and he loves her. but her father is a high preist for apollo. the preist does everything he can to get her back. he tries to bribe Agamemnon with many gifts. Agamemnon wil not give her back.

Apollo Raining Arrows

Jan 10, 1200

The high preist prays to apollo to kill the men of the greek army. this is because Agamemnon will not give is daughter back. he has done everything that he can. apollo now punishes the greek army. apollp rains down arrows of plague, and has killed many greek soldiers.

Achilles

Jan 12, 1200

Achilles is the greatest warrior of all the Greek army. He is now arguing with Agamemnon because he willnot give the girl back. Achilles insults Agamemnon many times. Achilles even thinks about killing agamemnon. The Goddess Athena stops achilles from killing agamemnon, she tells him that he will be punished soon.

Hector Destroying the Greeks

Jan 14, 1200

Hector is the mighty prince of troy begins to destroy the Greek army. Hector and the trojan army begins to defeat many greek forces. Hector during a battle starts to fight a man that looks like achilles. when hector kills this man he finds out that is is his cousin.

Achilles Revenge

Jan 15, 1200

Achilles find out about the death of his cousin. Achilles decides to go to troy alone to seek revenge. when he arrives to troy he calls for Hector. he comes out and they start to fight. achilles aventually wins the fight. he kills hector in front of all of troy. Achilles drags Hectors body away by a chariot.

The Trojan Horse

Jan 17, 1200

The Greek horse has decided to make a big wooden trojan horse to show respect to the trojans victory. what the trojans dont know is that the whole thing is a trap. there are many men hidden inside the trojan horse to attack.

The Destruction of Troy

Jan 17, 1200

The Greeks have been hidden in the trojan horse. they have waited till night to attack. the greek army has jumped out of the trojan horse and started to attack the city of troy. The Greek army finally has destroyed the great city of Troy