The Trojan War

Wedding of King Peleus and Thetis

Jan 1, 1000

Eris,the goddess of discord,was the only inmortal not invited to the wedding.With angerness Eris threw a gold apple with the words "For the Fairest".Hera,Aphordite,and Athena argued about the apple.But,Zeus gave the apple to Paris,king of Troy,whom gave the apple to Aphrodite.Venus,goddess of love offers Paris Helen,wife of Menelaus,king of Sparta.

Trojan War

Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 19, 1000

Eris,the goddess of discord,was the only inmortal not invited to the wedding.With angerness Eris threw a gold apple with the words "For the Fairest".Hera,Aphordite,and Athena argued about the apple.But,Zeus gave the apple to Paris,king of Troy,whom gave the apple to Aphrodite.Venus,goddess of love offers Paris Helen,wife of Menelaus,king of Sparta.

Judgment of Paris

Jan 2, 1000

Paris , king of Troy , had to chose a goddess and each goddess would offer him a promise. Which ever touched the heart of Paris would win the golden apple. Hera offered power and control.Athena offered wisdom and battle prowess.Aphordite who won the apple promised Paris the most beautiful woman in the world:Helen.

Paris visits King Menelaus of Sparta

Jan 3, 1000

Paris pays a visit to Menelaus . Paris betrays the hospitality of Menelaus and with Aphordite's help Paris kidnaps Helen back to Troy.

Menelaus knows Helen is missing

Jan 4, 1000

Menelaus called Helen's old suitors . The suitors agreed they would help Menelaus get Helen back in favor of his honor.

Menelaus and Agamemnon plan victory

Jan 5, 1000

Menelaus and Agamemnon,brother of Menelaus, visited Greek chieftains and convinced them to take part of an expedition to recover Helen.

War is declared

Jan 6, 1000

Menelaus and Oddessy enter the city of Troy and make an offer to give back Helen. Helen herself doesn't agree to go back. So war was declared.

Duel between Menelaus and Paris

Jan 7, 1000

Both armies, Trojans and Menelaus's men agreed to sign a treaty that the whole conflict would be decided by Menelaus and Paris.But, the agreement never occured because a Trojan shot an arrow at Menelaus.

Fighting begins

Jan 8, 1000

Zeus excludes the gods from the battle between Trojans and Greeks. Zeus also said the battle should end with a breakdown for the Greeks. Odysseus and Diomends go to the city of Troy at night time and kill many Trojans and capture a Trojan spy.These heroes and others leave the battle damaged.

Trojans advance at battle

Jan 9, 1000

Trojans advance and attack the Greek walls. The Greeks were brave but Hector , a trojan , opens the Greek door with a rock and the great flee of Trojans enter the Greek camps. The Greek heroes are still brave enough to battle , especially two Ajaxes and Idomeneus and with the help of Poseidon to win the battle against Trojans. The Trojans still advance and torch the Greek ships.

Trojans Leave

Jan 10, 1000

Achilles led his armour and enters the battle with a chance to help the Greeks.Trojans with terror vanish from the Greek's camps, Achilles himself. Partoclus destroys Hector with help of Apollo.

Achilles reunites with Agamemnon

Jan 10, 1000

Achilles felt sorry of his anger and Hephaestes gets him a new armour.

Heroes fall

Jan 11, 1000

Achilles and Oydesseus arise a violent quarrel it only means to capture Troy. An attempt to force way to a hostile town through the Scaean gate ,Achilles falls , Paris shoots him directed by a god. Thetis offers the arms of her son as a topnotch for the bravest Greek heroes. That provokes a battle among Greeks for the title . Oydesseus wins Telamonian Ajax.

Paris dies

Jan 12, 1000

Odysseus captures Helenus, whom advises the Greeks that the Trojans could not be defeated without the arrows of Heracles and with a presence of someone related with Achilles. Eurypylus, son of Telephus and Philoctetes , with the help of Heracles arrow , kills Paris.

Greeks have a plan

Jan 13, 1000

With the help of Epeius , an artisan , constructed a wooden horse to defeat the Trojans . It was Odysseus's plan of the wooden horse. Odysseus lead the army to Troy and the soldiers hid themselves inside the wooden horse .

Trojans found the wooden horse

Jan 14, 1000

When the Trojans Found the wooden horse it had an inscription dedicated to Athena. Some soldiers wanted to burn it but others thought it would be better if they brought the horse inside the walls of Troy to bring them luck , to replace the stolen Palladium.

Trojans desecption

Jan 15, 1000

Trojans thought the wooden horse meant a sign or stated that the Greeks had fallen. But it took them by surprise that the Greeks were hiding inside the horse.

Helen appears

Jan 16, 1000

Helen with great betrayal called out the voices of the Greek soliders wives.But Odyesseus kept them quiet.

Greeks victory

Jan 17, 1000

When the Trojans had been sleeping of drunkness of thier celebration of suppose victory, Simon a Greek warrior freed the Greek soldiers and sent a flare to the other Greeks. Some Greeks were close to the gates when the Troy gates opened. That's when the Greeks won the battle in one bloody night.

After War

Jan 18, 1000

The Greeks didn't have the favor of the gods. When the Greeks where on thier way back home the gods gave them a hard time. Storms who nearly wreacked every Greek ship. Also the difficult desscions Odyesseus had to make towards favoring the gods.Odyssues was the only survivor.