![]() The armies clashed in battle and many men died. Menelaus and Paris fought in a duel and Menelaus would have won if Aphrodite had not rescued the young prince. Zeus, in a dream, prompted Agamemnon to attack the next day. In this way, the Greek chieftains would realize the utter importance of Achilles. Achilles, having lost the girl unfairly, withdrew from battle and asked his mother, Thetis to appeal to Zeus and have the Greeks lose ground to the Trojans. When Achilles exposed to the troops that the girl must be given back for the plague to stop, Agamemnon became enraged and demanded Achilles' girl in exchange. After so long, the Greeks suffered from a plague because Agamemnon had kidnapped the daughter of a priest of Apollo. The war did not change significantly for nine years. Hector and Achilles were both aware that they would have to die for Troy to fall. There were a thousand ships total, but the Trojans and their allies, led by Hector, were very strong. They left with a thousand ships and the first man to step ashore was Protesilaus, who died. Agamemnon yielded eventually and sent for his daughter under the pretense that she was to be married. A prophet told Agamemnon that they would only get a different wind if they sacrificed Agamemnon's daughter, Iphigenia. ![]() The fleet converged, but the wind was blowing the wrong way. Odysseus entered the court as a peddler and knew which was Achilles when one of the women started to play with a sword. Odysseus stopped and went to find Achilles. When someone came to get him, he was sowing salt into the soil the messenger set his infant son before the plow to prove that Odysseus was sane. Odysseus pretended he was insane so he would not have to go to war. Two important men, Odysseus and Achilles did not show up. Menelaus returned and called all the chieftains together who had sworn the oath. While he was gone, Paris broke the bond of guest and host by stealing Helen away. While he was in their house, Menelaus had to go to Crete. Paris came to their home and was welcomed as a guest. The King chose Menelaus, brother of Agamemnon, to wed his daughter and rule over Sparta. ![]() He therefore exacted first a solemn oath that they would champion the cause of Helen's husband, whoever he might be, if any wrong was done to him through his marriage." Part 4, Chapter 1, pg. " When her suitors assembled in her home to make a formal proposal for her hand they were so many and from such powerful families that her reputed father, King Tyndareus, her mother's husband, was afraid to select one among them, fearing that the others would unite against him. All the greatest men of Greece had courted her: The fairest woman in the world was Helen, a daughter of Zeus and Leda, sister of Castor and Pollux. Each bribed him: Hera with rule over Asia and Europe, Athena with a crushing defeat of the Greeks and Aphrodite with the most beautiful woman in the world. Zeus sent the three goddesses who claimed the apple to be judges by prince Paris of Troy. She did this because she was upset that she had not been invited. At the marriage banquet of Peleus and Thetis, the goddess of discord, Eris appeared and threw an apple engraved with the words "to the fairest". The siege of Troy was caused ultimately by the conflict between the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.Mythology Part 4: Heroes of the Trojan War, Chapter 1: The Trojan War ![]() A new edition of the world-renowned classic that has enthralled and delighted millions of readers with its timeless tales of gods and heroes. An essential part of every home library, MYTHOLOGY is the definitive volume for anyone who wants to know the key dramas, the primary characters, the triumphs, failures, fears and hopes first narrated thousands of years ago - and still spellbinding to this day. From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant clarity but shows us how the ancients saw their own place in the world and how their themes echo in our consciousness today. For decades readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting and fascinating world of Western mythology.
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