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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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Who proved that the Trojan war real?
No one. What happened is legend (a traditional story believed to be true), about which we know very little other than the traditional story sung by the bards, which had been built up out of their imagination over centuries, and was subject to endless changes and additions after one of their versions was written down after writing was invented. What grains of real fact are contained in the stories we don't know.
Between what two Greek city-states was the Trojan war?
The Trojan war took place around 1180 B.C. and it was not between two city states, but between two alliances: the greek city states of Mycyne, Sparta, Argos, Ithaka, Pylos, Mermidon and others versus Troy and their allies (Thracians, Amazons, Masagetai, and so on).
Mythology states that the reason for the war was the abduction of Helen (of Troy), Queen of Sparta and wife to Menelaos by a Trojan prince named Paris. Menelaos asked his brothers' help, Agamemnon (King of Mycynes) to punish the Trojans. Agamemnon called all the greek kings to his side: Achilles of Myrmidon, Odysseus/Ulysees of Ithaka, Ajax of Telamon and others. On the other side Paris had his brother Hektor, Aineias, and others.
The war lasted 10 years. The ancient Greek poet Homer told the history of the Trojan War in a 10.000 verse poem, called the Illiad.
What clothing did Agamemnon wear in the Trojan war?
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Why was the Trojan horse built?
The legend has it that, as the Greeks could not take the city by assault, they pretended to evacuate their forces, leaving behind the wooden horse with warriors concealed inside it. The Trojans took the horse inside the city, the concealed warriors at night opened the gates, and the returned Greek army entered the city and captured it.
What are facts about the Trojan war?
The war was between Greece and Troy.
Greece won the war
the war lasted 10 years
The war was between most of the Greeks and the Trojan. It all began when Eris, the goddess of Discord threw an apple that said "To The Fairest" to Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. All three thought that they deserved the apple. None of the other Gods wanted to choose because if they did, they will feel the wrath of the other two.
The conflict took them to Hermes which then he led them to Paris, the prince of Troy. They tried several things and then even appeared naked, but he still couldn't decide. Finally they offered him brides. He finally chose Aphrodite because she said if he chooses her, she will offer him the most beautiful woman in the world, including Helen of Sparta.
So now here is where the actual war starts, Paris soon fell in love with Helen, so he abducted her and they set for Troy. The thing is that Helen was already married, her husband Menelaus was away but when he came back and found out that Helen was captured,he demanded for her return.Sadly, the Trojan refused. After that, Menelaus persuaded his brother to lead an army against Troy.
Menelaus' brother's army built a hollow wooden horse; they took it to the Trojan's city walls. The Trojans thought that it was a trophy for them so they brought the horse in the city but they didn't know that there were men inside the horse, waiting for the right moment to attack.
At night when the Trojans were sleeping, the men crawled out the horse and opened the city gates for the rest of the army, the Trojans were destroyed. The war lasted for ten long years. It started around the 1200s BC and the 1300s BC.
Interesting fact: The Gods took great interest in the war. Poseidon, Athena and Hera aided the Greeks, while Aphrodite and Ares favored the Trojans.
Why were the gods involved in the Trojan war?
Because Eris made trouble at the banquet where she was not invited, and so threw a golden apple marked TO THE FAIREST. The goddessed all clamored to get the apple that Zeus finally had to intervene. The choice was finally narrowed down to 3: Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. Paris of Troy judged the 3 goddessed not by their physical attributes but by the gifts they offered him. When Paris chose Aphrodite and handed the apple to her, the other 2 were enraged and thus sided with the Greeks when Aphrodite sided with the Trojans.
Who was really responsible for the Trojan war?
Eris goddess of strife and discord, because she is the one to start the golden apple argument, and have the Athena, Hera and Aphrodite start arguing for who should deserve the apple. This is the root cause of the Trojan war, which was caused by Eris.
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Paris because he took Helen from Menelaus so Menelaus got mad and started the war to get Helen and take the Trojans city, Troy
Did Helen Start the Trojan War?
You could say yes. When the goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera fought over the Apple of Discord, the prince of Troy, Paris, was called to see who was the fairest. When Paris chose Aphrodite, Aphrodite gave him the married Helen, Queen of Sparta, to him as Paris' wife. When Helen's husband Menalaus found out, he was enraged and called the other city-states to aid him and fight the Trojan War. Thus the Trojan War began. After all those years Helen returned with Menalaus back to Sparta after the Greeks' victory.
How did Aphrodite start the Trojan war?
She had promised prince Paris of Troy to have the most beautiful woman in the world in return for pronouncing Aphrodite the winner of the divine beauty contest. This was Helen, Queen of Sparta. She was abducted to Troy and her husband collected the Greek fleet to revenge this.
Why did they have the Trojan war?
Trojan War went back to the Judgment of Paris. Paris, the Prince of Troy, was aksed to judge among three goddesses who was the most beautiful. For choosing Aphrodite, he was given as a prize the most beautiful human woman in the world. Unfortunately, that woman happened to be married to the King of Sparta, and when she fell in love with Paris and eloped with him to Troy, it was taken as a deadly insult, requiring the combined forces of the whole of the Myvcenean Peloponese (and perhaps beyond) to attack the city-state of Troy. After astalemated ten-year siege, the Greeks devised a stratagem. They built a huge wooden horse, and at night filled it with soldiers, and then withdrew their armies. The Trojans saw that they had left, and took the horse to be a parting gift from the defeated enemy. They took the horse into the city, and at night the soldiers left the horse and opened the city gates, letting in the main army who destroyed the city with the usual rapine and pillage.
That is just a little paragraph that describes why it started. It's rather childish, for starting a War over a meer women! It's almost like us Americans, we just don't know when to stop! I hope this information helps! If not, I'm sorry!
Basically it was over a women named Helen, the women who launched 1,000 ships. Paris who was the prince of troy took Helen from the King of Sparta. The King then launched War just to get her back, which started the Trojan War.
Another View:
The Greeks went on a 10-year looting expedition in Asia Minor and the adjacent islands. They started with the richest prize - the trading city of Troy. The attack failed so they went on to the rest of the area for the next nine years and pillaged it thoroughly. They then had a final attempt on Troy in the tenth year and were successful, looting it and selling the people into slavery.
On top of this there are the legendary tales of Helen and Paris, but the reality is that it came down to the poor Greek cities enriching themselves through pillaging their envied prosperous neighbours.
The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy by the armies of the Achaeans, following the kidnapping of Helen (Eleni) of Sparta, by Paris of Troy. It is considered among the most important events in Greek mythology.
Why did the Trojan War last so long?
The legend says that the Achaians (Greeks), after an initial failed attempt on Troy, took ten years to thoroughly pillage the coast and islands of Asia Minor. They then returned in the tenth year and took the city after a brief seige.
The main ones were Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, Priam, and Ajax
