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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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the Bronze Age conflict between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece–straddles the history and mythology of ancient Greece and inspired the greatest writers of antiquity, from Homer, Herodotus and Sophocles to Virgil.
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The judgment of Paris was a contest between the three most beautiful goddesses of Olympos--Aphrodite, Hera and Athena--for the prize of a golden apple addressed to "the fairest".
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In Sparta, Menelaus, husand of Helen, treated Paris as a royal guest. When Menelaus left Sparta, Paris abducted Helen.
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The most beautiful woman in the world was Helen, one of the daughters of Tyndarus, King of Sparta.Paris abduction of Helen had several precedents.
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Menelaus, extremely angered by the course of actions called upon the Greeks to help him return his wife back to Sparta, since the Trojans refused to return Helen.
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Odysseus and Achilles were strong Greek warriors and helped Agamenmnon to defeat Troy. Achilles killed the Trojan hero Hector. Odyssey inventeed the famous Trojan horse. But both them might avoid hoing the Greek Army.
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The Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Greeks after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, King of Sparta.
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Agamemnon and Archilles had received the young women Chryseis and Briseis as prizes of war or war brides . Chryseis was the daughter of Chryses, who was a priest of Apollo. Chryses wanted his daughter back and even offered a ransom, but Agamemnon refused.
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Chyseis's father, a man named Chryses who serves as a priest of the god Apoollo, begs Agamemnon to return his daughter and offfers to pay a ransom. When Agamemnon refuses, Chryses prays to Apollo for help. Apollo sends a plague upon the Greek camp, causing death of many soilders.
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Calchas the seer advised Agamemnon on the connection between his behavior toward the priest of Apollo and the plague that was decimating his army. Agamemnon had to return Chryseis to the priest of Apollo if he wanted the plague to end.
