Trojan War

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  • 1200 BCE

    #1 What Started the War

    Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite dispute who is the fairest. They go to Paris to mediate, where he takes Aphrodite's bribe to have Helen of Sparta.
  • #10 The End of the War
    1200 BCE

    #10 The End of the War

    Odysseus comes up with the idea of the wooden horse to end the Trojan War. The Greeks then use it to infiltrate and destroy Troy while its citizens are asleep after they thought the Greeks had given up.
  • 1200 BCE

    #2 Helen is Taken

    After Helen was taken, Menelaus assembles a coalition to invade Sparta. The fleet was said to have over a thousand ships.
  • 1200 BCE

    #3 A Plague Breaks Out

    Agamemnon refused to give Chryseis back to her father, causing Apollo to unleash a disease among the Greeks. Agamemnon gave her up but took Achilles's maiden in return.
  • 1200 BCE

    #4 The Greeks While Achilles is Moping

    Menelaus defeats Paris but is unable to finish him off. Diomedes defeats Ares with the help of Athena and Hera.
  • #7 The Death of Achilles
    1200 BCE

    #7 The Death of Achilles

    Achilles is able to kill the Ethiopian Prince Memnon in his final battle. He is soon after killed by Paris who shot him in his one weak spot with the help of Apollo.
  • 1200 BCE

    #5 Hera Seduces Zeus

    Zeus began to assist the Trojans, allowing them to drive the Greeks back to the beach where their ships were. However, Hera seduced him to take him out of the conflict.
  • 1200 BCE

    #6 The Funeral of Hector

    Hector's father Priam debases himself to Achilles in order to get the body of his son back. Feeling grief, Achilles promises to keep the Greeks back until after Hector's funeral.
  • 1200 BCE

    #8 The Death of Ajax

    The leaders of the Greeks took a vote to determine who would get Achilles's armor between Odysseus and Ajax. Odysseus won, causing Ajax to attempt to kill Menelaus and Agamemnon but instead went insane and killed himself for his dishonor.
  • #9 Diomedes Takes the Palladium
    1200 BCE

    #9 Diomedes Takes the Palladium

    The Greek chieftain Diomedes steals a figure of Athena called the Palladium from the Trojans. After this, the Greeks realized that they would not be able to win the war unless they could get their army inside of the walls.