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Eris, the Goddess of Discord, was the only god uninvited. She threw a golden apple into the wedding that said “For the Fairest” . Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera all wanted the apple, but Zeus would not choose between them.
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Paris was the son of King Priam.
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Paris steals Helen while King Menelaus goes to Crete. Paris brings Helen back to Troy.
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When Menelaus finds that Helen is gone, he calls for the Greek army to go to Troy and bring her back.
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The abduction of Helen, the wife of Menelaus, leads to the beginning of the Trojan war.
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Chryseis is taken from her father and brought to the Greek Agamemnon.
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Apollo attacks the Greeks for Chryseis’s father.
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As revenge, Agamemnon steals Achilles maiden causing Achilles to leave the Greeks.
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Paris is defeated, but Aphrodite saves him.
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Achilles dies in the battle.
