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THE TROJAN WAR-1
Judgement of Paris, son of Priam, King of TroyHera offered him the Lordship of Europe & Asia Athena offered him leadership & victory Aphrodite offered him the fairest woman on earth
Helen first given to Menelaus, King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon; Paris became their guest and abducted Helen
Menelaus launched the campaign on Troy
THE TROJAN WAR-2
Odysseus and Achilles were reluctant to join the campaign, but eventually they joined the ranks; a fleet of 1000 ships
Greek Side Trojan Side Agamemnon King Priam Menelaus Paris Achilles Hector Odysseus Aeneas Ajax
THE TROJAN WAR-3 Commander Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia
was sacrificed to Artemis, to calm the wind Dispute between Agamemnon and Achilles
caused by the problem of prize of honour (women prisoners), Achilles sulked away from fighting
After endless warfare, the two most concerned, Menelaus and Paris, took single combat, again no result
Greeks were about to retreat after Achilles’s unwillingness to fight
THE TROJAN WAR-4
Hector killed Patroclus, Achilles’s dearest friend, who was wearing Achilles’s armour
Achilles returned to the battle field for revenge, battle turned in favour of Greeks
Achilles killed Hector and fastened his corpse to his chariot to be dragged around the walls of Troy
Priam went to Achilles and asked for the body of Hector which was to be treated properly
THE TROJAN WAR-5 Paris shot an arrow which struck Achilles’ heel, his
only part which was not dipped into River Styx Since Achilles’s arms were given to Odysseus, Ajax
went mad, then killed himself out of shame Odysseus found the idea of the wooden horse, Greeks
pretended to have given up but hid themselves Trojans took the horse inside the walls for fear of
Athena’s anger Greeks stormed the city, Aeneas was the only chief to
escape, Helen was given to Menelaus, Troy was turned to ashes