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a wedding arranged by zues between a human(pelius) and a nymph(thetis) out of fear that thetis son will over throw zues every god was invited except one eris the god of discord out of spite she threw a golden apple and said the fairest shall have this apple leading to a contest between Aphrodite,Athena,and hera. later leading to the events of the great trojan war (http://www.penhook.org/trojanwar.htm) -
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the son of king Priam started the war by taking Helen of troy the most beautiful women. (https://www.learnlivetravel.com/post/2015/07/17/then-paris-decided-to-pay-a-visit-to-the-queen-of-sparta-helen)
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when Menelaus discovers Helen is gone he said give her back or face going to war -
They crossed the Aegean Sea to Asia Minor to lay siege to Troy and demand Helen’s return by Priam, the Trojan (king.https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/trojan-war) -
a priest(chryses) of the god Apollo offers a large amount of money for the return of his daughter when they refused he prayed to Apollo for (helphttps://www.sparknotes.com/lit/iliad/section1/#:~:text=Chryseis's%20father%2C%20a%20man%20named,the%20death%20of%20many%20soldiers)
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Zeus favors the Trojans. He sends a lying dream to Agamemnon that said that he would win if he attacked. -
ares came from heaven driving the Trojans back to (warhttps://www.theoi.com/Olympios/AresMyths2.html#:~:text=ARES%20RALLIES%20THE%20TROJANS%20AGAINST,the%20Trojans%20back%20into%20battle.) -
Achilles kills -
the Trojans found a wooden horse outside the city thinking it was safe they brought it in (https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142544/the-trojan-horse-being-dragged-into-the-city-of-troy) -
the greeks come out of the horse at night and start attacking the trojans ending in the greeks winning