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Discord throws an apple for the fairest of the gods, and Hera, Aphrodite, and Artemis all want it
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Paris chooses Aphrodite because he wants the fairest woman in the world
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Paris betrays Menelaus by stealing his wife, Helen, and takes her back to Troy
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Menelaus calls up the Greek cheiftans, and they embark for Troy
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Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter to Artemis in order to abate the winds so that the army can continue to Troy
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After a long voyauge at sea, the army land in Troy. They find out that they will be fighting against Hector, second only to the great Achilles
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The first battle of the war in which Protesiaus dies first because he was first to land.
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By this point, the gods have taken sides in the war. Aphrodite, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, and Zeus side with Troy, while Hera, Athena, and Posiedon side with Greece
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The war swayed back and forth for a period of nine years
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Agamemnon offends Achilles by taking his prize, and Achilles refuses to fight the Trojans as long as Agamemnon goes unpunished
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Zeus persuades Agamemnon to attack without Achilles, knowing that the Trojan will be more powerful
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Menelaus meets Paris in single combat and defeats him. Both sides agree that Menelaus can take home Helen, but Hera makes a Trojan shoot at Menelaus. this infuriates the Greeks, who immediatly attack
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Without Achilles, Diomedes and Ajax become the great heroes. Diomedes wonds Aphrodite and Ares in the same battle
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Hector returns to the battle with blessings from Zeus. With Achilles gone, noone can stand against him. when Hera sees the Greeks about to lose, she seduces Zeus and puts him to sleep, thus removing Hectors blessing. This turns the tide of the battle.
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Zeus is furious when he wakes up, and teams up with Apollo to drive the Greeks into the sea
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Achilles best friend Patroclus takes his armor and goes out to help the Greeks, but is slain by Hector. This prompts Achilles to emerge from seclusion, but not before his mother gives him armour made by Hephaestsus.
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Achilles takes it upon himself to slay Hector, and eventually kills him with help from Athena. However, this means Achilles will die soon, and he is shot by Paris.
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An oracle tells hte Greeks that they need the bow of Hercules to win, so they go back to the island on which they abandoned the owner of the bow, rescue him, and bring back the bow. The first thing the man with the bow does is kill Paris
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The Greeks realize that they haven't done any damage to the city, so they resort to trickery. Odysseus creates an enormous wooden horse and puts Greek troops inside of it. Thr Trojans take the Horse into the city, and at night the Greeks come out and kill everyone.
