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100
Eris Starts Trouble
Eris is the evil goddess of discord and she is not invited to the wedding of King Peleus and the nymph Thetis, this upsets her so she throws a golden apple with "for the fairest" written on it into the wedding. Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera all want it, and Zeus doesn't want to choose between them. -
150
Paris chooses; it all begins
The three goddesses go to Paris, who is near Troy. Each of them offer him bribes, but he chooses Aphrodite's bribe. It was that he would have the fairest woman in the world. -
200
Helen comes into the picture
The fairest woman in the world is Helen, she is wanted by all men. There is trouble choosing her a husband, but it ends up being Menelaus. Aphrodite brings Paris to Helen as she promised and he is her guest. Menelaus leaves, trusting Paris, but Paris takes Helen for his own! -
250
The Greek Army is called in!
Menelaus finds Helen gone and he calls the Greek Army to help get her back. Two of the greatest warriors, Odysseus and Achilles, had trouble coming to help, but they were eventually recruited. -
300
The Army tries to leave for Troy
Artemis was keeping the army in Greece with great winds because one of her sacred hares was killed by a Greek. In order to leave the army had to sacrifice Agamemnons daughter, Iphigenia. Agamemnon was very sad about it, but he did it for the army's sake. The Greeks are able to reach Troy! -
350
Chryseis and Apollo
The Greeks capture Chyseis, the daughter of Apollo's priest and give her to Agamemnon, one of their leaders. Apollo is furious and sends fiery arrows to the army that sicken them. Achilles tells the army that they need to give Chyseis back because they can't last Apollo's wrath. Agamemnon is angry that his prize is gone so he steals Achilles' prize. Achilles says that Agamemnon will pay for that deed. -
400
The Gods and Goddesses choose sides
Thetis wants to side with the Trojans so she asks Zeus to help them. Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo, and Artemis all help the Trojans, while Hera, Athena, and Poseidon help the Greeks. The Trojans attack the Greeks; Paris and Menelaus end up facing each other. Paris is protected by Aphrodite and taken away, Athena and Hera don't want the war to end, so Athena tells a Trojan to shoot at Menelaus and the war continues. -
450
Aeneas is almost killed!
On the Greek side, two of the best champions are Diomedes and Ajax. Diomedes tries to kill Aeneas, but Aphrodite comes to help him. Diomedes cuts her hand making her drop Aeneas. Apollo comes in and brings Aeneas to Artemis who heals him. Diomedes sees Hector with Ares on the Trojan side and he tells the Greek army to fall back. -
500
Hera and Zeus....
Hera wants the Greeks to win so she tells Zeus to drive Ares off of the battlefield. Hera encourages Diomedes to continue against the Trojans. He rushes towards Ares with a spear and Athena drives it into his body. Zeus is still helping the Trojans, and to stop this Hera goes to Zeus looking beautiful distracting him from helping the Trojans. The tide is now in favor of the Greeks! -
550
Patroclus to the rescue
The Greeks are about to defeat the Trojans when Zeus wakes up! He is very angry at Hera, but she blames it on Poseidon. Zeus tells Poseidon to stop aiding the Greeks and he obeys. The Greeks are forced back to their ships when Patroclus, Achilles' friend dresses as Achilles and defends the Greeks. When Hector meets Patroclus face to face he realizes it isn't Achilles and kills Patroclus. -
Apr 18, 600
Achilles comes to help.
Achilles enters the battle on the side of the Greeks with armor made by Hephaestus himself! Hector knows he is going to die in this war, but he goes out even though his parents don't want him to. Achilles and Athena chase Hector and he flees three different times. Athena disguises as Hector's brother which makes him stop. Achilles then kills Hector with a spear at the throat. -
Apr 18, 650
Hector's funeral
Achilles drags Hector's body on the end of this chariot after he kills him. This abuse of the dead makes the gods displeased. Zeus tells King Priam that he can take back Hector's body. The Trojans have a nine day funeral for him. They collect his ashes, bury them in a low grave, and lay stones over it. -
Apr 18, 700
Achilles' end.
The Trojans receive help from Prince Memnon of Ethiopia. Achilles kills the Prince, and then he falls. Paris shoots Achilles in the one spot he is vulnerable, his foot. When he was born his mother, Thetis, dipped him in the River Styx to make him invulnerable, but she forgot about the place that she was holding him. Ajax carries his body back to the Greek camp while Odysseus fights off Trojans. -
Apr 18, 750
Ajax has some troubles..
There is a secret vote on who will receive Achilles' armor. It was between Odysseus and Ajax, and Odysseus won. Ajax feels like a disgrace and he is determined to kill Agamemnon. On his way to do so, Athena strikes him with madness. He kills flocks of sheep that he thinks are men, and he beats a ram that he thinks is Odysseus. He eventually realizes what he has done, he feels horrible about it and he kills himself. -
Apr 18, 1000
The Genius Plan is put into action!
One Greek stayed behind in the camp to tell the Trojans that the horse was made as an offering to Athena. He told them that the Greeks didn't want them to bring it into Troy so Athena would be angry at them, so they bring it into the city. At night the Greeks in the horse sneak out and unlock the gate to let the rest of the army in. -
Apr 18, 1050
Troy is destroyed
Troy thought the war was over and the Greeks had left, but they were wrong. At night the army sets buildings on fire and the Trojans wake up. They try to fight against the Greeks, but most of them are slaughtered. Trojans would throw the remains of roofs at the Greeks to try to stop them. The Greeks break into the palace and King Priam is killed by Achilles' son. -
Apr 18, 1100
A city now in ruins...
All of the Trojan leaders are dead except for Aeneas. Aphrodite saves him, and he is able to escape. Helen is also saved by Aphrodite, she goes back to Greece with Menelaus. In the morning Troy is in fiery ruin; Troy is no longer. -
The Greeks are ready to defeat the Trojans..almost
The Greeks find out from a prophet that to defeat the Trojans they need to have Hercueles' bow and arrows. When Hercules died he gave them to Philocretes. Philocretes is on an abandoned island. -
Going to Philocretes
The Greeks send Odysseus and a few other men to get the bow and arrows. They convince Philocretes to come back with them to help. The first person shot by Philocretes is Paris. -
Pallas Athena
The Greeks still need to do another thing to be able to destroy Troy. They have to remove the sacred image of Athena hanging in the city called Pallas Athena. Odysseus and Diomedes sneak in, steal it, and take it to their camp. -
Odysseus comes up with a plan
Using his cunning and clever mind Odysseus comes up with a plan to take Troy. The only way to take Troy is to surprise them. A worker creates a large hollow wooden horse that some of the Greeks hide in. The other Greeks leave the camp and hide behind an island.
