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Trojan War
The Trojan War was a major event in Greek mythology. According to the stories, it was triggered when Paris, the prince of Troy, either seduced or kidnapped the beautiful Helen away from her husband, the king of Sparta. The war lasted twenty years.
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How long did the Trojan war go no and for what reason the war began?
well i really don't know the exact date of how long did the Trojan war last for.but the real reason of why it began is that Paris stole Helen from where she lived. so then the people of that city wanted to find her, so then they fought in order to get her back
Who were the gods and goddesses of the Trojan war?
Apollo sent a plague on the Greeks. But he stopped Laokoon from warning the Trojans about the wooden horse. Athena is on the side of the Greeks;
Aphrodite and Ares support the Trojans.
The gods took great interest in the war. Poseidon, Hera, and Athena aided the Greeks, while Aphrodite and Ares favored the Trojans.
Apollo was also involed in the war.
What is the tragic irony of the Trojan War?
The tragic irony of the Trojan War is that though it was fought over Helen, who was young and beautiful, by the time they rescued her ten years later, she was old and ugly.
What happens at the end of the nine years of the Trojan war with neither side victorious?
The Greeks, having pillaged the coast and islands of western Asia Minor, came back to the riches prize, Troy, which they captured by a ruse then looted and destroyed it and sold the survivors into slavery.
Two facts about the Trojan war?
1. It took place around 1300 BC
2. Was waged against the city of Troy.
Athena and Artemis supported the Trojans, Aphrodite the Greeks.
In the Trojan war who was Helena?
Helen was a magnificently beautiful mortal woman. This beauty was what caused the Trojan War.
The Greek Goddess Eris was not invited to the wedding of Thetis to Peleus, a mortal. Full of anger and spite, Eris tossed a golden apple into the party. The apple was inscribed; it said: "To the Fairest." This led to a lot of confusion as the guests tried to give the object to the desired owner. They narrowed it down to three Goddesses: Athene, Hera, and Aphrodite. Each Goddess believed that the apple was meant for herself. Wanting nothing to do with it, Zeus put Paris (a mortal and prince of Troy) in charge of deciding which Goddess was the true owner of the apple. Each of the three deities promised Paris everything in their power, but finally he made his choice. He'd decided that the apple was meant to be owned by Aphrodite. And, as promised, she picked out the loveliest woman on Earth and made her fall in love with Paris. That woman was Helen, and that promise was the foundation of the Trojan War.
Helen had been just recently married to Menelaus, King of Sparta and the brother of Agememnon, the King of Myceans. Menelaus also had a bunch of other connections to militarily strong cities. Anyway, Paris just has to meet Helen for Aphrodite's promise to go into effect. So, he gets himself invited to Menelaus' house for a few weeks (which was common back then). One night, while Menelaus is out, Paris and Helen sneak away to be together back in Troy.
Menelaus finds out, of course, and is enraged. He declares war on Troy in an effort to reclaim Helen from Paris. That was the start of the Trojan War and Helen's part in it.
Did the Greeks in the Trojan war have better ships?
If the Trojans had any ships at all, and even if they were better than the Greek ships, the Greeks still had many more ships. Perhaps the "thousand ships" was poetic license, but the Trojans could not possibly have matched the Greeks at sea.
No, he told the story of it, meaning it happened long before his time.
Who is Eris and why is she important to the beginnings of the Trojan War?
Eris devised the golden apple contest that triggered the Trojan War in mythology. Eris had a golden apple that she says can only go to the most beautiful goddess. So Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite asked Paris to judge their beauty to see who wins the apple. Basically, Paris gave the apple to Aphrodite because she promised him that Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, will be his wife if he chose her. Aphrodite helped Paris to steal Helen away from her husband which caused the Greeks to start the Trojan War.
What exact date did the Greeks conquer the Trojans using the Trojan horse?
You are talking about a Greek story of gods and heroes. It has never taken place. Many believe that there was once a war in some respects similar to this story. But that is a different matter. And even the time of that war is unknown.
Where did the Trojan War actually occur?
The story goes that it was a looting raid by the Achaeans (Greeks) targeting western Asia Minor and the Islands, running for ten years and finishing with the capture of the richest prize, the city of Troy on the Dardanelles Strait between Asia and Europe.
Whether this is actual or not we don't know as the story was passed down by the bards who made up the stories over hundreds of years before the invention of cursive writing allowed it to be written down. So hundreds of bards each used to make up their own version, and even had several versions of their story for the sake of variety. Somewhere in this there may be some facts, but which bits we don't know.
It made a good story in the days before movies and TV to entertain people - but do you believe the stories you see in movies and TV are real and true?
How did the Achaean's defeat the Trojans in the Trojan war?
The Greeks knew that they were going to loose if they didn't come up with something crafty, so to main Grecian strategist, Ulysses, came up with a plan. The next day, when the Trojans went to fight, there was no one on the battle field, except for one man. They took him captive. The man told them that he had abandoned the Greeks because they had retreated, and that they had left a gigantic wooden horse that was blessed by Athena so that, if they brought it into the city, she would grant them success in war. Believing the man, the Trojans found and brought the horse to the city. The only problem was that it was too big to fit through the doors of the wall surrounding Troy. Eager to gain success in battle, they tore down just enough wall to bring the horse in. The Trojans partied until late the next morning. When the Greeks were sure that everyone was asleep, they burst out of the horse and attacked the city. The Grecian captive sent smoke signals to the "retreating" ships, and they turned around to come help their friends. They took all the women, then let the city of Troy burned to ashes. Only three men survived, and they ran as far away from Troy as possible. Their dissidents founded Rome, and eventually conquered Greece. (Talk about bad karma. lol)
