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Eris the Goddess of Discord was the only god uninvited she threw a goldan apple into the wedding that said for the fairest Aphrodite Athene and Hera all whanted the Apple but would not choose between them
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THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS was a contest between the three most beautiful goddesses of Olympos--Aphrodite, Hera and Athena--for the prize of a golden apple addressed to "the fairest"
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In Sparta, Menelaus, husband of Helen, treated Paris as a royal guest. However, when Menelaus left Sparta to go to a funeral, Paris abducted Helen (who perhaps went willingly) and also carried off much of Menelaus' wealth
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Menelaus, however, was outraged to find that Paris had taken Helen. Menelaus then called upon all of Helen's old suitors, as all of the suitors had made an oath long ago that they would all back Helen's husband to defend her honor.
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The Trojan War might not have happened had not Telephus gone to Greece in the hopes of having his wound cured. Telephus had been told by an oracle that only the person who wounded him could cure him. Achilles assented and Telephus told the Greeks how to get to Troy.
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Finding Troy proved difficult, however, and the Greek fleet at first landed in Mysia. According to Herodotus, the Greeks were under the impression that Helen had been taken by the Teuthranians and though the Teuthranians denied such allegations, the Greeks layed siege to the city. But suffered heavy casualties at the hands of Telephus, king of the Teuthranians, and, at the end, were still without Helen. Telephus, in the course
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odysseus, known for his eloquence, and Menelaus were sent as ambassadors to Priam. They demanded Helen and the stolen treasure be returned. Priam refused, and Odysseus and Menelaus returned to the Greek ships with the announcement that war was inbitable
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scyll was a monster with six heads that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass too close to Scylla and vice versa.
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Odysseus doesint tell his men that several of them will be killed moreover forgetting Circes warning against trying to fight Scylla he takes up his body armor cuirass and spears
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Oysseus tries to persuade his men to bypass thrinacia the iland of the sun god helios but they insist on landing driven by hunger they ignore Odysseus warning not to feast on helios cattle this disobedience angers the sun god who threatens to stop shining if payment is not made for the lose of his cattle to appease helios Zeus sends down a thunderbolt to sink odysseus ship odysseus alone survives he eventually drifts to Ogygia the home of Calypso who keeps him on her island for seven years