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The Goddess of Discord, Eris, was not invited to a banquet with the Gods. because of this, she wanted revenge
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At a wedding, Eris tossed a Golden Apple into a croud of women. The apple was supposed to be "for the fairest" so all of the women fought over it.
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Three Goddesses, Aphrodite, Hera, and Pollus Athena, were the three "contestants" for the Golden Apple. They were sent to Paris, who was said to be able to deicide which Goddess. He chose Aphrodite. This is thought to be the start of the War
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Paris took Helen to Troy. In doing so he took a sacred bond, which started up the beginning of the war
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Menelaus asked Greece for the help of their army to get Helen back
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Odysseus and Achilles were both basically forced to join the Greek army
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The best warrior for the Greeks was Achilles
The best warrior for the Trojans was Hector
They both knew that they would die in the War -
Odysseus realized that the only way to truly defeat the Trojans was to attack Troy from the inside
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The plan the Greeks came up with was to use a giant wooden horse filled with warriors needed to be pulled into the city of Troy by the Trojans. At night, the warriors came out of the horse and opened the city gates. This allowed the entire Greek army to infultrate the city.
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The Trojan horse plan works and the Trojan army gets destroyed. The only leader left alive in the morning was Aphrodite's son, Aenas
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With the death of Hector's son, Troy was burned and defeated. The Greeks had won the War
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Agamemnon gets Apollo to shoot fire arrows at the Greeks; Trojans take small lead
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The Gods chose sides in the war
For the Greeks - Poseidon, Aphrodite, Ares
For the Trojans - Hera, Athena,Zeus, Artemis, and Apollo -
Zeus wanted to End the war, so he attacked the Trojans while Achilles was sleeping. A small truce was made and they began bidding the Trojans to get Helen back.
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Pandarus, a Trojan, broke the truce by shooting Menelaus with a arrow. The fighting continues
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Diomedes threw a spear and Athena guided it to kill Ares. With Ares dead, the Trojans were forced to fall back
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Zeus came down to Earth to help the Trojans. The Trojans basically pushed the Greeks back to their ships.
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Hera distracts Zeus and he no longer thinks of the Trojans. This gives Ajax the chance to injure Hector. Greeks begin to push back Trojans
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Hector regained his strength; Thus the Trojans pushed the Greeks so far back they could almost burn the Greek ships
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Achilles kills Hector to avenge his fallen friend Patroclus. Achilles then takes back his armor that Hector was wearing
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Achilles is shot in the heel by a guided arrow fired by Paris
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He was angry that he did not get the arms of Achilles; Athena mad him go mad and he slaughtered many innocent animals. When he regained his sane-ness, he killed himself
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Odysseus informed the Greeks that the key to defeat Troy was to use the bow and arrow of Hercules
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Philocetes was left on an island and had the bow and arrow of Hercules, so Odysseus was sent to get him. Odysseus brought him back to the battle and the first person killed with the bow and arrow was Paris
