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This was a plot set up by Zeus to ensure that Thetis' child would never be more powerful than him. Achilles was born,
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Eris, a goddess, was denied entry to King Pelitus' wedding. She cast the golden apple to the fairest of the godesses. Three laid claim and had to turn to Hermes in order to win his favor. He chose Aphrodite out of Hera and Athena. She gave him Helen.
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Paris kidnapped Helen on the order of Aphrodite.
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No one wanted to help Menelaus. Odysseus almost got out of the war but couldn't trick them well enough.
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Odysseus and Menelaus went to King Priam to demand Helen back.
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Angered Menelaus calls unto his allies for help to retreive his wife.
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Achilles, Hector, and Patroclus died in battle.
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Odysseus thinks of a plan to inflitrate the trojans ranks.
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Odysseus and the Greeks win the war after the ambush of the Trojan Horse.
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Odysseus heads home. It will take him three years.
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Odysseus and Menelaus went to King Priam to demand the return of Helen.