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the trojan war

By Malachi Roldan
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Judgment of Paris

    When King Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis were getting married, they invited everybody except for Eris, the goddess of Discord. Greatly angered, she went to the banquet hall where the marriage was taking place and threw an apple, The Apple of Discord, into the room. On it was inscribed "For the Fairest." It could not be decided who the recipient of the apple would be, so Hera, Aphrodite, and Pallas Athena all ventured to Paris, Prince of Troy, in the country for him to decide.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Judgment of Paris (2nd cont.)

    With these offers laid out in front of him, Paris chose Aphrodite as the recipient of the apple. Though he would have the fairest woman in the world as his, the Judgment of Paris is the real reason as to why the Trojan War was fought.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Judgment of Paris (cont.)

    Paris was in the country in Troy living with the nymph Oenone because it was prophesized that he would ruin Troy. The three goddesses had bribed him all into choosing them as the owner of the Apple of Discord. Hera said that she would make him the Lord of Europe and Asia; Athena promised him that he would lead the Trojans to victory against the Greeks and destroy Greece; Aphrodite told him that she would make the fairest woman in all the world his.
  • Jan 1, 1001

    Paris Carries Off Helen of Troy

    Helen, the fairest woman in all the world who had suitors flocking to her as well as the daughter of Zeus, was carried off by Paris after he was led to her by Aphrodite.
  • Jan 1, 1002

    Greek Fleet Arrives At Troy

    It was prophesized that the first ashore would in turn be the first to die. The unfortunate soul that had this to face was Protesilaus, who stepped ashore the mouth of the Simois before anybody else. His wife, Laodamia, killed herself after Hermes brought him back a second time for her to see and grieve over his dead body.
  • Jan 1, 1002

    Greek Fleet Arrives At Troy

    It was prophesized that the first ashore would in turn be the first to die. The unfortunate soul that had this to face was Protesilaus, who stepped ashore the mouth of the Simois before anybody else. His wife, Laodamia, killed herself after Hermes brought him back a second time for her to see and grieve over his dead body.
  • Jan 1, 1002

    Greek Fleet Arrives At Troy

    It was prophesized that the first ashore would in turn be the first to die. The unfortunate soul that had this to face was Protesilaus, who stepped ashore the mouth of the Simois before anybody else. His wife, Laodamia, killed herself after Hermes brought him back a second time for her to see and grieve over his dead body.