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At the wedding of King Pelius and Thetis, Eris, the goddess of strife, threw an apple down with a note that said "For the Fairest." Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite fought over who deserved the apple.
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Zeus elected Paris to decide who was the fairest, and Paris choose Aphrodite because she promised him Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world.
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Aphrodite disguises Paris so he can get into Troy, where Eros, the god of love, shoots Helen with his arrow. Helen falls in love with Paris and the couple runs off to elope.
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Menelaus, Helen's husband, gathers Helen's other suitors that promised to protect the couple, to get Helen back.
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Artemis hinders Menelaus' army from getting to troy with a strong wind, because Agamemnon killed one of her sacred deer. He sacrifices his daughter so they can continue.
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After sailing for ten years, the Greeks land in Troy.
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Chryses asks Agamemnon for his daughter back and Agamemnon refuses. Chryses prays to Apollo for assistance and Apollo curses the Greek army with a plague. Agamemnon gives Chryses his daughter.
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Agamemnon takes Achilles' concubine since he had to return his. Achilles becomes angry and refuses to fight. The Greeks suffer many losses during this time.
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Achilles' friend Patroclus was killed by Hector in battle and Achilles, enraged, begins fighting again and kills Hector.
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Paris' poisonous arrow strikes Achilles and he dies. Philoctetes then kills Paris in battle.
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The Greeks feigned surrender then send a hollow, wooden horse in name of their surrender. They hide inside and while the Trojans celebrate, they raid the place and massacre everyone.
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Troy falls in defeat and the Trojan War ends.
