Trojan War Timeline

  • Wedding between Peleus and Thetis
    May 1, 1194

    Wedding between Peleus and Thetis

    Everyone except for Eris (God of Discord) is invited to wedding of mount olympus. Eris decides to crash the party and give them a golden apple.
  • Period: May 1, 1194 to May 19, 1194

    Trojan War

  • Judgement of Paris
    May 2, 1194

    Judgement of Paris

    To find which female god (Athena, Hera, or Aphrodite) was the fairest, Paris was forced to judge them, eventually picking Aphrodite and was guarenteed to have the most beutiful woman in all of the world.
  • Paris visits Menelaus
    May 3, 1194

    Paris visits Menelaus

    Paris goes to seek out King Menelaus, King of Sparta, while trying to steal Helen.
  • Paris abducts Helen
    May 4, 1194

    Paris abducts Helen

    After meeting with Menelaus, Paris takes Helen from Sparta.
  • May 5, 1194

    Menelaus Realizes Helen is gone

    After returning from burying his uncle, Menelaus realizes she is gone.
  • Odysseus and Menelaus travel to Troy
    May 6, 1194

    Odysseus and Menelaus travel to Troy

    Travel there to try to retrieve Helen by diplomatic means.
  • Achillies and Odysseus attempt to avoid army
    May 7, 1194

    Achillies and Odysseus attempt to avoid army

    Achillies is found hiding as agirl, and Odysseus tries to act like a madman, but both were caught.
  • May 8, 1194

    Army is mobilized

    All suitors of Helena and the men they control are forced to go after her and enter into the oncoming war. Suitors include Odysseus,
  • Trojan War Begins
    May 9, 1194

    Trojan War Begins

    Mobalized army begins voyage to Troy
  • Chryseis is abudcted by Agammemnon
    May 10, 1194

    Chryseis is abudcted by Agammemnon

    Agammemnon enslaves Chryseis, father of Chryseis prays to Apollo, who attacks the greeks resulting in the freedom of Chryseis.
  • Agammemnon steals wife of Achillies
    May 11, 1194

    Agammemnon steals wife of Achillies

    After losing Chryseis, Agammemnon steals the wife of Achillies.
  • Achillies Leaves in retaliation
    May 11, 1194

    Achillies Leaves in retaliation

    After Agammemnon steals his wife, Achillies leaves the war.
  • Some gods take sides of the greeks or trojans
    May 12, 1194

    Some gods take sides of the greeks or trojans

    Aphrodite, Zeus, and Ares were on the side of the Trojans, while Athena was on the side of the Greeks.
  • Duel between Menalaus and Paris
    May 13, 1194

    Duel between Menalaus and Paris

    Duel ends with a win by menalaus, but Aphrodite saved Paris.
  • Hector and Trojans with help from gods, begin to destroy the greeks.
    May 14, 1194

    Hector and Trojans with help from gods, begin to destroy the greeks.

    With the help from Zeus, the Trojans start to beat up the Greeks.
  • Patroclus is killed by Hector
    May 15, 1194

    Patroclus is killed by Hector

    Hector kills Patroclus, who is a friend of Achillies.
  • Achillies returns
    May 15, 1194

    Achillies returns

    After death of friend, the vengeful Achillies return to fight Hector and the Trojans
  • Achillies drives the Trojans back to Troy
    May 15, 1194

    Achillies drives the Trojans back to Troy

    Achillies kills Hector.
  • Achillies is defeated
    May 15, 1194

    Achillies is defeated

    With the help of Apollo, Paris kills Achillies.
  • Creation of the Trojan Horse
    May 16, 1194

    Creation of the Trojan Horse

    Odysseus plots to make a giant horse so the greeks can hide inside of and overtake Troy.
  • Trojans bring Trojan Horse into the city
    May 17, 1194

    Trojans bring Trojan Horse into the city

    Greeks leave, and the Trojans bring the Horse into the city.
  • Greeks exit the horse and let the other greeks into the city.
    May 18, 1194

    Greeks exit the horse and let the other greeks into the city.

    At night, the Greeks jump out of the horse and open the gates of Troy, letting the Greeks in.
  • Greeks destroy city, end the war
    May 19, 1194

    Greeks destroy city, end the war

    Greeks burn city to the ground.