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Jan 1, 1000
Wedding of King Pelius and Thetis
Zeus intervenes in the life of Peleus and arranges the wedding of Peleus to Thetis. Eris, goddess of discord, was not invited so she showed with a golden apple and threw it into into the wedding. The apple was considered a prize of beauty. Hera, Athena, & Aphrodite all wanted the apple & asked Zeus to choose. -
Jan 2, 1000
Judgement of Paris
Zeus then asked Paris, the youngest son of King Priam of Troy to choose. Each of the goddess offered Paris a bribe to get him to vote for her. Athena offered him wisdom and Hera offered him power, but Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman in the world. So, Paris voted for her. -
Jan 3, 1000
Paris meets King Menelaus of Sparta
Aphrodite sents Paris to go visit the King of Sparta, Menelaus. Menelaus and Helen welcomed Paris kindly, and gave him dinner and let him stay the night in their house. -
Jan 4, 1000
Abduction of Helen
Aphrodite made Helen fall in love with the Trojan prince. When Menelaüs went to attend his grandfather's funeral in Crete, Helen ran off to Troy with Paris with most of the treasures in Sparta. -
Jan 5, 1000
Menelaus finds out that Helen is gone
With Helen gone, Menelaus called upon Helen's former suitors to fulfil their obligations and aid him in bringing her back. All of the former suitors answered Menelaüs' call to arms, bringing contingents of men and ships with them. Menelaüs' brother, Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, had brought 100 ships with him. Agamemnon became commander-in-chief of the Greek forces. -
Jan 6, 1000
Odysses and Achilles avoid the army
Odysseus wanted to avoid being recruited into the Greek army, because he had learned that though the war would last only ten years, he would not return home to Ithaca, until twenty years later. Odysseus pretended to be insane, but gets caught. Achilles dresses up as a woman, but is also caught, and are forced to join the army. -
Jan 7, 1000
The Trojan War begins
When Menelaus demanded her return, the Trojans refused. Menelaus then persuaded his brother Agamemnon to lead an army against Troy. At Aulis, troopships gathered, led by the greatest Greek heroes Achilles, Patroclus, Diomedes, Odysseus, Nestor, and the two warriors named Ajax. -
Jan 8, 1000
Briseis
Briseis is a priestess of Apollo. She was taken as a prize by Agamemnon. -
Jan 9, 1000
Chryseis
When Agamemnon refuses to give her to her father, Chryseis, Apollo places a curse on the Greeks. Achilles confronts Agamemnon and tells him to give the girl back. In outrage, Agamemnon gives the girl to her father, but he takes Achilles' girl, Briseis. In a rage, Achilles refuses to fight until she is returned. -
Jan 10, 1000
Agememnon steals Achilles maiden as revenge
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Jan 10, 1000
Achilles leaves the Greeks
Achilles was so upset that he pulled out of the war.
His abcense from the battle field gave courage to the Trojans, who no longer having to face Achilles, began to gain ground and cause a lot of suffering to the Greeks. In Vain Agamemnon and other Greeks begged him to take part in the battle and they sent gifts and slaves to persuade him to back his decision. But the entreaties from Agamemnon and the other Greeks were all in vain. -
Jan 11, 1000
Zeus
Zeus is reluctant to help the Trojans, for his wife, Hera, favors the Greeks, but he finally agrees. Hera becomes livid when she discovers that Zeus is helping the Trojans, but her son Hephaestus persuades her not to plunge the gods into conflict over the mortals. -
Jan 12, 1000
Menelaus v.s Paris
Menelaos offered to fight Paris in single-combat and so settle the issue of the war. Agreeing to this, the two warriors drew lots to see who would have first throw with their spear. Paris is defeated, but Aphrodite saves him. -
Jan 13, 1000
Ares and the Trojans
Aphrodite persuaded Ares to fight with the Trojans in the Trojan War. Ares came to triumph over all who stood in his way, but yet he still falls in the end because the Trojans were defeated by the Greeks. -
Jan 14, 1000
Ajax v.s Hector
Hector threw a large rock at the Greek, only for him to fend it off with his shield. Ajax returned the favour with an even bigger rock, smashing Hector’s shield. They then drew their swords and closed for mortal combat but were each stopped by their comrades who called for an end to the fighting as night was approaching. -
Jan 15, 1000
The Greek Camp Attacked
Hector led the Trojans in an attack on the very walls of the Greeks’ camp. Breaking through the gates, the Trojans sent the Greeks fleeing in panic back to their ships. -
Jan 15, 1000
Death of Patroclus
Achilles warned Patroclus to only repel the Trojans from the camp and not pursue them to the walls of Troy. The young hero ignored Achilles’ advice and rashly carried the fighting on towards Troy and was stabbed by Hector -
Jan 15, 1000
Archilles' New Armour
When Achilles discovered the death of his great friend Patroclus, he swore to take terrible revenge on the Trojans and Hector in particular. Before he could enter the fighting, though, Achilles needed new armour and this was provided by his divine mother Thetis who had Hephaistos, the master craftsman of Olympus, make him the most magnificent set of armour ever seen. -
Jan 16, 1000
Achilles vs Hector
Hector alone remained standing outside the walls but at the sight of the Achilles on the rampage, even his nerve gave way and he made a run for safety. Achilles, however, gave chase and pursued the Trojan prince three times around the city walls. -
Jan 17, 1000
Death of Hector
Achilles killed his quarry with a vicious stab of his spear in Hector’s throat. He dragged the body back to the Greek camp in full view of Priam standing atop the fortifications of the city. This was a shockingly dishonourable act and against all the rules of ancient warfare. -
Jan 18, 1000
The Trojan Horse
Odysseus soon devised a way to end the Trojan War, the erection of a giant wooden horse filled with Greeks to gain entrance into Troy. The horse was built by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist. Odysseus even managed to get into the city in disguise and steal the sacred Palladion statue of Athena. -
Jan 19, 1000
The Return of the Greek Hero Odysseus
The Achaeans then torched Troy, killing the men and taking the women prisoner, Helen who was reunited with her husband Menelaus. So ended the Trojan War and so began the Achaean leaders' torturous and mostly deadly trips home.
