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