By Sudarsana Addepalli

SSomething called the judgment of Paris is the most popular reason for what started it. AAn apple would be given to the goddess who Paris thought would be the “Fairest.” TThis was between Aphrodite(The goddess of love), Hera(The goddess of marriage), and Athena ( The Goddess of Wisdom) YYou could think of it as a beauty contest between them. PParis named Aphrodite fairest because she promised him that she would make most beautiful woman on Earth fall in love with him.

 Now to where Paris captures Helen. Aphrodite now had to carry out her promise, so she made Cupid shoot an arrow toward Helen making her fall in love with Paris. There is one problem though, Helen was queen of Sparta, so Paris had capture Helen and bring her to Troy. This could cause a war but Paris doesn’t pay attention. So Paris goes to Sparta under a “peace” mission and captures Helen.

 Hector : heir to Trojan throne, best soldier troy had. Eldest son to King Priam of Troy and Hecuba. He was the leader of the Trojans.  Paris: Paris was the son of King Priam of Troy and Queen Hecuba. Hecuba had a dream about the great trouble her unborn child would cause, but she did nothing. He is also the cause of the Trojan War. People also say that he was a coward  Helen: The wife of Menelaus of Sparta. Abducted by Paris and lived with him. Helen is one of the main reasons for a ten-year war between the Greeks and Trojans.

 Achilles: he is the Hero and most powerful soldier for the Greeks or Achaeans. He was trained by Chiron and his only weakness was his heel. He was killed by Paris though. He is the person who killed Hector.  Agamemnon: the leading king of the Greek forces in the Trojan War. He was the king of kings as homer says in the Iliad.  Menelaus :Menelaus was the king of Sparta and brother of Agamemnon. His wife was Helen and he managed to survive this entire war and after it.

 Homer: Author of Iliad, and he is one of the only people who wrote about the Trojan war. The Iliad is one of the only living texts of The Trojan War to this day.

TThe Trojan horse is the reason for Greece to win the Trojan war. The Greeks hid in the horse and the people of troy took them inside the city. Then the Greeks came out and attacked the Trojans making them fall.

TThe plot of the Trojan war is this: PParis abducts Helen GGreeks arrive at Troy and take the beach. AAchilles refuses to fight forcing the Greeks to start to loose. 110 Years pass. AAchilles friend attacks Hector and is killed AAchilles gets very angry and kills Hector. TThen Odysseus gets the idea of the Trojan horse and attacks Troy destroying it DDuring the battle Paris kills Achilles and Achilles kills Paris.

 After the war tons of leaders died because they didn’t correctly sacrifice to the gods. One of the only leaders who survived was Menelaus and Helen.

This is a Trojan Sword.

 For the video go to YouTube and type in HBO First look of troy.

 “Trojan War.” Timeless Myths. Timeless Myths, n.d. Web. 29 Feb