Trojan War

Marriage of King Peleus

Jan 1, 1000

An important wedding that the Goddess Eris was alone left out of. She feels wronged by the Gods and became determined to get revenge.

The Golden Apple

Jan 1, 1000

Eris, who is angry with the Gods, throws a golden apple between the goddesses and marks it for the fairest of them. The Goddesses argue over who is until Zeus sends them to Paris, Prince of Troy, to judge who is the fairest.

The Judgement of Paris

Jan 2, 1000

The Goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena come to Paris and bribe him to choose who is the fairest among them. Paris eventually takes Aphrodite's bribe to have the most beuatiful woman in the world as his own. This was the unofficial start of the Trojan War.

The Abduction of Helen

Jan 5, 1000

Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, was newly selected to be wife to Menelaus, a Spartan King. When Menelaus returns home to find Helen gone, and she is seen taken by Paris, an invasion fleet is prepared to attack Troy.

Preperation of the Greek Fleet

Jan 10, 1000

The Greek army and fleet ready for the invasion of Troy. The Greek forces will be led by Agamemnon and will be joined by legendary warriors, such as Odysseus and Achilles. To safely cross the sea, the Gods demand a tribute from the Greeks in the form of sacrifice. Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia is therefore put to death and the Greek fleet sets out.

Invasion of Troy

Jan 31, 1000

The Greek fleet, 1000 ships strong, reaches the Simois River near Troy. The first man is killed as a result of the war, Protesilaus, who was the first Greek off of the ships.

Siege of Troy

Feb 5, 1000

The Greeks attack Troy and the siege continues for the next nine years without any clear result.

Siege of Troy

Period: Feb 5, 1000 to Feb 5, 1009

Nine year siege of the city of Troy.

Abduction of Chryseis

Jan 10, 1009

A daughter of a priest of Apollo is taken by the Greeks and Agamemnon claims her. Apollo exacts revenge on the Greeks, shooting flaming arrows down on the Greek army. Agamemnon returns her but Achilles must also return his maiden, which angers him and his mother greatly.

Siege of Troy (Continued)

Feb 5, 1009

Thetis Upon Olympus

Feb 10, 1009

Achille's mother, angered as she is, goes up to Olympus and asks the Gods to let the Trojans win. The Gods are split: Poseidon, Hera, and Athena side with the Greeks, but Artemis, Apollo, Aphrodite, and Ares side with the Trojans.

Paris vs. Menelaus

Feb 15, 1009

Paris and Menelaus fight outside Troy. Menelaus defeats Paris but Paris is saved and taken back to the city by Aphrodite.

Suggested Truce

Feb 16, 1009

Agamemnon proposes a truce but the gods intervene by infiltrating a Trojan soldier and keep the fighting going.

The Coming of Ares

Feb 20, 1009

Ares comes to the battlefield on the side of the Trojans and is driven away by Diomedes, a great Greek warrior, with Athena's help.

The Retreat of the Greeks

Mar 1, 1009

Hector and the Trojans push the Greeks back to their ships on the coast. The Greeks barely hold their ground at the shoreline.

Charge of Petroclus

Mar 10, 1009

As Achilles prepares to go back to Greece, his friend Petroclus takes his armor and leads the Greeks back against the Trojans. Soon, however, he is killed by Hector, who takes Achilles's armor.

The Return of Achilles

Mar 20, 1009

Achilles is saddened by his friend's death and comes back to fight the Trojans. He has new armor his mother gets from Hephaestus, and with it he drives the Trojans back to Troy and kills Hector.

Achilles's Death

Mar 21, 1009

Soon after killing Hector, Achilles is killed by Paris, who also dies not long after.

Death of Ajax

Mar 30, 1009

Achilles's armor given to Oddyseus, but another great Greek warrior, Ajax, feels he has failed since he didn't get it and goes crazy before he kills himself.

Final Ploy

Apr 25, 1009

Diomedes and Oddyseus come up with a final plan to defeat Troy by using a giant wooden horse and sneaking soldiers behind the city gates.

Destruction of Troy

May 1, 1009

The Trojans bring the giant wooden horse into the city, and when they go to sleep the Greeks jump out. They open the gates and the Greek army rushes in, and the city is left in ruin.