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Two main characters in the Trojan War
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Peleus and Thetis don't invite Eris, the goddess fo discord, to their wedding. Eris is furious and her actions start a series of events that spiral out of control and eventually cause the Trojan War.
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Aphrodite gives Paris permission to marry the most beautiful woman alive, Helen of Sparta. But Helen is already married to Menelaus, so Paris visits them and takes her bacl to Troy with him.
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Menelaus is enraged at Paris and begins to assemble an army to attack Troy. Warriors Achilles and Odysseus attemt to avoid the draft, but are ultimately persuaded to fight. They are the two factors that the Greeks will need to win the war. (As told by the gods)
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Menelaus attacks Troy to take back his wife, Helen.
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Odysseus comes up with the idea of the Trojan Horse. His plan works and Troy falls. (Homer's "The Odyssey" begins now)
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After the war, Menelaus intends to kill Helen for being disloyal, but he decides to spare her, and they get back together.
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After ten years at war and ten years at sea, Odysseus and his crew finally make it back to their homeland, Ithica.
