Trojan War

Discord and the Apple

Mar 14, 1000

Discord throws an apple for the fairest of the gods, and Hera, Aphrodite, and Artemis all want it

Paris Chooses

Mar 15, 1000

Paris chooses Aphrodite because he wants the fairest woman in the world

Paris betrays Menelaus

Apr 9, 1000

Paris betrays Menelaus by stealing his wife, Helen, and takes her back to Troy

The Army Rises

Apr 25, 1000

Menelaus calls up the Greek cheiftans, and they embark for Troy

Agamemnon's Daughter

May 6, 1000

Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter to Artemis in order to abate the winds so that the army can continue to Troy

Army Lands

May 28, 1000

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

First Battle

Jun 3, 1000

The first battle of the war in which Protesiaus dies first because he was first to land.

The gods

Jul 20, 1004

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

The bulk of the war

Aug 18, 1009

The war swayed back and forth for a period of nine years

Agamemnon and Achilles

Aug 19, 1009

Agamemnon offends Achilles by taking his prize, and Achilles refuses to fight the Trojans as long as Agamemnon goes unpunished

Attacks

Sep 16, 1009

Zeus persuades Agamemnon to attack without Achilles, knowing that the Trojan will be more powerful

Single Combat

Sep 27, 1009

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

Diomedes

Nov 4, 1009

Without Achilles, Diomedes and Ajax become the great heroes. Diomedes wonds Aphrodite and Ares in the same battle

Hector, Zeus, and Hera

Jan 5, 1010

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.

Zeus and Apollo

Jan 10, 1010

Zeus is furious when he wakes up, and teams up with Apollo to drive the Greeks into the sea

Patroclus and Achilles

Jan 15, 1010

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.

Hector and Achilles

Jan 24, 1010

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.

Bow of Hercules

Mar 7, 1010

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

The Wooden Horse

Jul 1, 1010

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.