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Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy must judge who is the fairest between Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite. Aphrodite bribes him by giving him the most beautiful woman in the world.
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The most beautiful woman in the world (who is from Greece), Helen, is kidnapped by Paris with Aphrodite's help.
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All of the Greek kings had vowed to support Helen if anything was ever to happen to her, so they form an army.
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Odysseus, who does not want to leave his home, and Achilles, who knows he is fated to die at Troy try to disguise themselves. They are found and join the army.
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The Greeks sail to troy but get stuck on an island because they angered Artemis. She made a North wind blow for days stopping them from sailing all the way to Troy. To stop Artemis, the chief of the Greeks, Agamemnon, is forced to sacrifice his own daughter. They then sail and the war begins.
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Achilles had warned against this, and was justified when Apollo’s fiery arrows almost destroyed the Greek army
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Agamemnon demands that Achilles’ prize female captive, Briseis be the replacement for the daughter of the Trojan priest of Apollo.
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Enraged with Agamemnon, Achilles withdraws his troops from battle and leaves the Greeks. Without Achilles, the Greeks seem to be doomed.
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Aphrodite, Ares, Apollo and Artemis and Eris joined the side of the Trojans; while Hera, Athena, Hermes, Thetis, Hephaestus and Poseidon joined the Greek side. Zeus, who is neutral is persuaded to join the trojans.
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With the help of Zeus, the Trojans begin to push the Greeks back to their ships.
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Hector begins destroying the Greeks and they come even closer to defeat.
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Patroclus takes Achilles' armor and begins fighting valiantly, but is killed by Hector's spear. Hector takes his armor and this enrages Achilles.
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Achilles Joins the War and is given armor made by Hephaestus himself.
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Achilles drives back the Trojans until it is just him and Hector. With the help of Athena he then kills Hector. He then drags the body around and gives it to dogs to eat. Hector's father, Priam retrieves the body and a funeral is held.
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Paris strikes Achilles in the one place that he is vulnerable, the tendon on his heel.
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Odysseus is given Achilles' divine armor, and Ajax, who is furious, plots revenge. Though before he can do anything Athena makes him go crazy. After massacring some cattle, he commits suicide.
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The Greeks find out that the Trojans have a sacred image of Athena, the Palladium, that protects them. Odysseus and Diomedes sneak into Troy and steal it.
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The Greeks fake a surrender and give the Trojans a giant wooden horse which is secretly filled with many Greek soldiers. This plan was thought up by Odysseus.
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After the trojans accept the gift of the wooden horse, they roll it into the giant walls surrounding Troy (which were the reason that the Greek army couldn't infiltrate Troy before).
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In the middle of the night the Greek army gets out of the horse and lights many of the buildings of Troy on fire. As the soldiers come out one by one from their houses, they are killed.
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All of the women and children from Troy are sent off on boats to be slaves. The young child of the king and queen is dropped from the giant wall surrounding Troy as a sacrifice.
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After nine years of tense fighting, the Greeks sail back to Greece victorious.