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To get back at the gods she threw a golden apple that said "for the fairest." The Goddesses fought over who was the fairest.
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Zeus sent them to decide who was the fairest
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Aphrodite, Hera and Athena each bribed Paris. Aphrodite's bribe of the most beautiful women in the world won.
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Paris stole Helen from a man in Greece and went back to Troy
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The angry man tells the Greeks, and they get ready to attack. They need to retrieve their three best warriors, Odysseus, Achilles, and Thetis.
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The Greeks forced Odysseus to join the army by force. The Greeks tricked Achilles into going. The Greeks did not get Thetis to go
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Achilles, the Greek hero, and Hector, the Trojan hero, were told by Achilles' mom that they would die in this war.
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The fighting continued for nine years without anyone taking a clear advantage.
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The Greek, Agamemnon, took a priest's daughter. The man whose daughter was taken prayed to Apollo. Apollo attacked the Greeks with fire until she was released.
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Hera, Athena, Apollo, Zeus, and Artemis favored the Trojans. Poseidon and Aphrodite favored the Greeks
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Zeus has the Trojans attack the Greeks while Achilles was sleeping. This forced the Trojans the leave Achilles behind. Achilles would not try catch up.
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In the middle of the battle, Paris and Menelaus fight. Paris got hurt so Aprodite brought him through a cloud to Troy.
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Ares joined the Trojan side and pushed the Greeks back. Ajax and Diomedes were the best Greeks left. Then with the help of Athena, Diomedes drove a spear through Ares and defeated him.
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Without Ares, the Trojans got pushed far back. Zeus then helped the Trojans and pushed the Greeks all the way back to their ships.
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Hera distracts Zeus by kissing him and the Trojans got pushed back again.
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Some Greeks go to Achilles' camp where he has been the whole time to retrieve him. Achilles says no, but his best friend, Patroclus, said he would dress up as Achilles and fight.
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Patroclus was killed by Hector. This angered Achilles and he said he was going back to war to kill Hector. This gave the Greeks a huge advantage.
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When Achilles returns to the Greeks, Athena tricks Hector into fighting Achilles. Achilles killed him and then stripped him of all of his possesions.
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Paris shot a guided arrow that killed Achilles.
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Ajax did not get Achilles' arms so he plotted against the army. Athena protected the army by tapping Ajax and making him go crazy. When he was crazy, he killed a whole field of cattle. When he woke up, he killed himself.
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The Greeks are told that they need Hercules' bow and arrow. The person who had it was left behind by them on an island.
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Once the man got to battle, he killed Paris.
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Odysseus made a horse that would sneek the army into Troy. They were going to say that the Greeks did not want the Trojans to take it so they would take it.
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A man from the Greeks told the Trojans that the Greeks left. They just sailed their boats out of view. Then the Trojans took the horse into Troy. At night, the Greeks Slaughtered the Trojans. Achilles' son killed the Trojan's king.
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Aeneas was Aphrodite's son so she transported him away from the massacre.
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With the death of Hector's son and the king, Troy was defeated.
