Download (5)

The Trojan War

By Malachi Roldan
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Wedding of King Peleus and Thetis

    Goddess and mortal marry. Many were invited to the rare event except Eris, goddess of discord. She was angered.
  • Jan 2, 1000

    Judgement of Paris

    In Eris' anger, she threw a golden apple inscribed with "For the Fairest." Instantly, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite fought for the golden apple. All goddesses tried bribing Paris but Aphrodite won, promising the most beautiful woman, Helen.
  • Jan 3, 1000

    Paris goes to visit King Menelaus of Sparta

    Paris goes to Sparta to find Helen, as it was suggested by Aphrodite. Menelaus and Helen are friendly to Paris and keep him there.
  • Jan 4, 1000

    Paris Abducts Helen

    While Menelaus is at his grandfather's funeral, Paris and Helen fall in love. Paris steals some goods and takes Helen back to Troy where they soon marry.
  • Jan 5, 1000

    Menelaus is then aware that Helen is gone

    He worries she may have been snatched by another. Menelaus seeks help from his brother, Agamemnon.
  • Jan 6, 1000

    Achilles and Odyssues try to avoid the war

    Odysseus and Achilles tried to avoid being recruited by the Greeks. Odysseus faked madness while Achilles pretended to be a girl by wearing women's clothing and growing his hair long. They are soon discovered.
  • Jan 7, 1000

    Menelaus and Odysseus went to appeal Priam

    Before the Greeks landed at Troy. Odysseus and Menelaus tried to appeal Priam, King of Troy, that Helen and the goods are to be returned. Priam refused and the war was inevitable.
  • Jan 8, 1000

    The Trojan War Begins

    Gods and goddesses began to choose sides. Poseidon supported the Greeks. The Greeks also had Athena, Hera, Hermes, and Hephaestus. Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, and Ares sided with the Trojans.
  • Jan 9, 1000

    Greeks had stolen a Trojan prophet

    The Greeks learned from a captive Trojan prophet that four things had to happen if they were to conquer Troy. One, Achilles' son, Neoptolemus had to join the fight. Two, the Greeks had to use the bow and arrows of Hercules. Three, bones of Agamemnon's grandfather had to be brought to Troy. Finally, four, a wooden statue of Athena had to be stolen from the Trojan citadel.
  • Jan 10, 1000

    Death of Achilles, Ajax, and Prince Hector

    Achilles kills Hector by stabbing him in the chest with his sword which would later seal Achilles, fate. In the tenth year of the war, Achilles was killed by Paris’s arrow that was guided by Apollo. Ajax becomes crazed over not winning Achilles' armor and kills the cattle. He then regains his sanity and is guilty and commits suicide which was a huge loss to the Greeks.
  • Jan 11, 1000

    The Trojans had won the war. Or so it appeared.

    Odysseus devised a well thought out plan: the building of a giant wooden horse filled with Achaean (Greek) men to be left at the gates of Troy. The Trojans had witnessed the Greek ships sailing away and thought the horse was a peace offering. They celebrated, feasted, drank, and fell asleep. The Archaeans got out of the horse and then torched Troy, killing the men and taking the women prisoner.
  • Jan 12, 1000

    The Greeks Win the Battle

    After the Trojan War, those who survived had an arduous trip home.