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eris threw a golden apple into the wedding, but zeus couldnt decide between athena, hera or aphrodite
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each goddess offered a bribe to paris. aphrodite offers hellen to paris and is rewarded the golden apple
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paris goes to visit hellen, but he learns she is already married to menelaus (king)
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in order for for him to be with hellen ,paris had to raid menelaus house and steal her (some say she fell in love with him and went willingly)
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paris refuses to return hellen to menelaus
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menelaus declares war against paris. and calls upon odysseus for help.
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the greeks present a giant hollow horse to the trojans as a peace offering. but the horse is secretly filled with greek soldiers
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the greeks waited inside the horse until night time to attack the trojans and destroy troy
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