trojan war

  • Eris not invited to wedding

  • Eris threw a golden apple for the fairest person at the wedding

    Eris threw a golden apple for the fairest person at the wedding
  • Paris chose Aphrodite as the fairest so he could marry the fairest woman in the world, Helen

    Paris chose Aphrodite as the fairest so he could marry the fairest woman in the world, Helen
  • Helen marries Menelaus, not Paris

    Helen marries Menelaus, not Paris
  • Paris gets mad and steals Helen

  • Menelaus send the Greek army to look for Helen

  • Greek Chieftans try to set out to Troy but there are strong winds holding them back

  • Artemis demands a sacrifice to stop winds so Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter.

    Artemis demands a sacrifice to stop winds so Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter.
  • Chieftans reach Troy but Hector was predicted to die

  • Apollo's priest's daughter was given to Agamemnon but the priest wanted her back

  • Achilles sends the daughter back without Agamemnon's approval and his maid, Briseis, was taken in exchange for the priests daughter

  • Zeus sent a dream to Agamemnon telling him to attack Achilles

  • Paris and Menelaus fight but Aphrodite saves Paris from death

  • the greeks had won the battle but Athena had persuaded Pandarus, a Trojan to shoot Agamemnon and break the shortlived truce

  • Zeus stops all olympians from getting involved in the war.

  • Hector fights the Greeks and drives them back to their ships.

    Hector fights the Greeks and drives them back to their ships.
  • Agamemnon says sorry for being foolish but Achilles doesn't accept his apology

    Agamemnon says sorry for being foolish but Achilles doesn't accept his apology
  • Hera tricks Zeus into sleeping

  • Without Zeus the Greeks start to win again.

  • Patroclus puts Achilles' armor on but gets killed by Hector.

  • Hector kills Patroclus and puts Achilles' armor on.

  • Achilles gets armor made by Hephaestus

  • Hector and Achilles fight and Achilles kills Hector. He disrespects Hectors body because he betrayed Achilles.

  • Iliad ends with Hectors funeral which Achilles attends.

  • Achilles kills Memnon but Paris shot Achilles in the heel and he died.

  • Achilles arms were given to Odysseus and not Ajax so Ajax got mad.

  • Ajax decides to kill Menelaus and Agamemnon but kills the Greek's flocks and ends up commiting suicide

  • Hercules bow had to be shot at the Trojans to end the war.

  • Helenus shot Paris with the bow and killed Paris.

  • Greeks went into Troy to get the Palladium.

  • The Greeks took the Trojans by surprise with a huge wooden horse looking like a gift.

  • The Trojans took it intheir city and the Greek chieftans came out of it and massacred the Trojans.

  • Astayanax, a young boy, was the sacrifice needed to stop the Greeks from killing everyone. He was thrown from a tower.