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Jan 1, 1000
Wedding of King Pelius and Thetis
Eris, the goddess of discord, was the only god uninvited. She threw a golden apple into the wedding that said "For the fairest". Aphroite, Athena and Hera all wanted the apple, but Zeus would not choose between them. -
Jan 2, 1000
Judgement of paris
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" The story begins at the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis to which all of the gods were invited, all except Eris, the goddess of discord. -
Jan 3, 1000
Paris visits King Menelaus of Sparta
Menelaus wife, Helen, was the the most beautiful women in the world, daughhter of Zeus. -
Jan 4, 1000
Paris abducts Helen
Paris abducts Helen the beautiful wife of Menalaus, king of Sparta, and carried her off to the city of Troy, the Greeks responded by mounting an attack on the city, thus beginning the Trojan War. -
Jan 5, 1000
Menelaus invokes the Oath
Menelaus invokes the Oath of Tyndareus to bring Helen back to Greece. He raises thousands of ships and all of the Greek kings to his aid -
Jan 6, 1000
Odysseus and Achilles Avoid the Army
Odysseus initially pretends he’s insane by sowing salt on his fields in order to avoid going. However, he is discovered when the messenger places his son directly in front of his plow
Achilles also tries to avoid going because it was prophesized that he would die at the hands of the Trojans. At his mother Thetis’ bidding, he disguises himself as a woman and hides in Lycomedes’ court. Odysseus discovers him when he lays out
ornaments and weapons on a table and Achilles is drawn to the weapons -
Jan 7, 1000
Trojan War Begins
agamemnon and Menelaus seek war and send thousands of ships to the Aegean Sea -
Jan 8, 1000
The fleet is assembled
The Greeks discover that Artemis is causing the wind to blow and that she’s upset. The only way to appease her is to sacrifice a royal maiden. Agamemnon sacrifices his own daughter Iphigenia to allow the armies to set sail. -
Jan 9, 1000
The Greek troops arrive at Troy
Apollo sends a plague to punish the Greeks for Agamemnon’s mistreatment of his
priestess Chryseis -
Jan 10, 1000
The Abduction of Cryseis
Achilles convinces Agamemnon to return Chryseis to her father, but Agamemnon demands Achilles’ maiden Briseis in return which angersAchilles vows to have nothing to do with the Greeks from then on Thetis, also upset, tries to convince Zeus to take sides against the Greek ,The Gods take sides