Trojan War

The Trojan War goes back to the marriage between Peleus and Thetis, a sea-goddess. They had not invited Eris, the goddess of discord, to their marriage and the goddess being outraged stormed into the wedding banquet and threw a golden apple onto the table. Eris said that whoever was the fairest would get the apple. Zeus said that Paris prince of Troy was the most beautiful man alive and that he would act as judge. Paris chose Aphrodite, and she promised him that Helen, wife of Menelaus, would be his wife. Paris left to Sparta and Menelaus treated Paris as a royal guest while Paris was there Menelaus left to go to a funeral. While Menelaus left Paris abducted Helen and carried off much of Menelaus' wealth.

Menelaus left with his fleet in search of Troy. The Greeks met up at Aulis were there were strong winds and dangerous tides, this route was impossible to sail as long as the north wind blew. The only way that the north wind would stop with was if the daughter of Agamemnon was sacrificed. Agamemnon I will not cheat on a book report. I will not CHEAT on a book report. I will not CHEAT on a book report. I will not CHEAT on a book report. I will not CHEAT on a book report. With the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter the north wind ceased allowing the Greek to travel safely. When they reached the mouth of the Simois the first man to leap ashore was Protesilaus. This was a brave deed because the oracle said that he who landed first would be the first to die. When Protesilaus died by a Trojan spear the Greeks and the gods honored him as if he were divine. This began the Trojan War.

The war continued for nine years without much change. Then in the tenth year in dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon nearly threw to balance in favor of the Trojans. Agamemnon took Chryseis, a daughter of Apollo's priest. Her father heard of this and begged for her return but Agamemnon refused to release her. Upon hearing about this, Apollo shot fiery arrows at the Greek Army, killing many Greeks.

Achilles wanted to appease Apollo. Then the prophet Calchas said that the only solution was to return Chryseis. At this point, Agamemnon complied, but not before taking Achilles' maiden, Briseis. When this happened, Achilles refused to fight anymore.

Patroclus, a great friend of Achilles, had a plan to relieve the pressure off the Greeks. He wanted to use Achilles' armor to scare the Trojans off. The plan worked until Patroclus ran into Hector. Despite having Achilles' armor, the Trojan hero was able to kill him.

When Achilles found out about the death of his great friend, he wanted to avenge his death. He went to Hephaestus to get new armor, and then he rejoined the battle to avenge the death of Patroclus by killing Hector.

Achilles spotted Hector alone without the help of Apollo at his side. Achilles saw that Hector was wearing his armor that he knew