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Odysseus made a plan that would doom all Trojans. He constructed a giany wooden horse that was made as a "peace offering" to the Trojans. Secretly hiden in the horse by a trap door, Greek warriors jumped out and killed all the Trojans and set their city up in flames.
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Achilles was shot in his mortal heel by an arrow from Paris. Achilles' armor was to go to the most courageous warrior, Odysseus or Ajax. They competed and Odysseus won, which resulted in Ajax going crazy and committing suicide.
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Achilles meets Hector in a single combat and kills him. He tied his dead body to his chariot by a belt and drug it on the ground for 9 days, refusing its proper burial. However, he finally gave in and graciously gave over the corpse to Priam, the king of Troy, and Hector's father.
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Achilles let his friend, Patroclus, wear his armor and fight in his place in the war. The following day, Patroclus was killed by a Trojan hero, Hector, who had mistaken him for Achilles. Achilles raged and joined to war at once to avenge his friend's death.
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Instead of setting up a marriage for one of his daughters, Iphigenia, Agamemnon performed a fatal ritual. His wife, Clytemnestra, never forgave him it.
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The Greeks set sail to Troy to steal Helen so that she could marry Paris instead of being with Menelaus. This is what started the Trojan War.
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Eris was the goddess of the personification of strife or discord. Since she was not invited, she threw her golden apple of discord with a message that it will be awarded to the most beautiful woman.
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Three goddesses, Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, were all very beautiful. They wanted Paris to chose who he wanted to marry out of the three of them. He chose Aphrodite because he liked her bribery. She had offered his the most beautiful woman in the world, the wife of Menelaus, Helen. Aphrodite won the Jodgment of Paris and received the golden apple of Eris.
