The Trojan War

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Jan 1, 1000 Judgment of Paris

    Jan 1, 1000 Judgment of Paris
    Contest between three goddesses, Aphrodite, Hera, Athena for the prize of the golden apple addressed to "the fairest"
  • Jan 2, 1000

    Jan 2, 1000 Paris pays a visit to King Menelaus of Sparta

  • Jan 3, 1000

    Jan 3, 1000 Abduction of Helen

    Jan 3, 1000 Abduction of Helen
    Paris, the Trojan prince steals Helen from her husband
  • Jan 4, 1000

    Jan 4, 1000 Menelaus finds out Helen is gone

  • Jan 5, 1000

    Jan 5, 1000 Odysseus and Achilles avoid the army

    Jan 5, 1000 Odysseus and Achilles avoid the army
    Odysseus pretends to act insane to avoid the war, for it would last for years.
  • Jan 6, 1000

    Jan 6, 1000 Trojan War begins

  • Jan 7, 1000

    Jan 7, 1000 Fight over Chryseis

    Archilies and Agamemnon fight over Chryseis
  • Jan 8, 1000

    Jan 8, 1000 Chryseis father prays to Apollo

    Chryseis father begs Agamemnon to return his daughter.
  • Jan 9, 1000

    Jan 9, 1000 Agamemnon steals achilies maiden as revenge

  • Jan 9, 1000

    Jan 9, 1000 Achilies leaves the Greeks

    Achilies leaves the Greeks from anger of Agamemnon, for that he stole his maiden.
  • Jan 10, 1000

    Jan 10, 1000 Gods begin to take sides

    Reluctant Zeus goes to help the Trojans in the war.
  • Jan 11, 1000

    Jan 11, 1000 Menelaus vs Paris

    Jan 11, 1000 Menelaus vs Paris
    Menelaus fights Paris in single combat
  • Jan 12, 1000

    Jan 12, 1000 Ares and the Trojans

    Ares joins the Trojan war but the Trojans were defeated but the Greeks.
  • Wedding of King Peleus and Thetis

    Peleus confesses he is in love with Thetis. Peleus wife hangs herself from a broken heart, Zeus refuses to invite Eris to the wedding. Eris shows up in her nature and rolls a golden apple "the apple of discord." Three goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite see the words "for the fairest" carved into the apple