In this blog I have thought of, researched, and wrote about three questions involving my blog topic the Trojan War. In this blog post I will summarize my main blog posts and explain why the Trojan War is important today. 


A famous greek poet named Homer wrote an epic called the Illiad, it is the story of the Trojan War. A story of love and a story of war. The war was fought because Aphrodite promised the young prince Paris of Troy the most beautiful women who ever lived. The most beautiful woman was Helen who was married to king Menelaus. When Helen was weaving fabric Paris stole her from her husband and took her back to Troy. To king Menelaus this meant war, he sent word throughout Greece and his brother Agamemnon received the letter and assembled the most powerful military in all Greece. The Greek soldiers set sail for Troy to get Helen back. Peaceful talking did not work so they fought. The War was fought outside of Troy because the Greeks could not breach the walls of Troy. The War lasted for ten years and the Greeks finally came up with a cunning plan to get to the inner city of Troy. The Greek soldiers built a huge wooden horse with a hollow stomach. King Agamemnon sent some of his soldiers into the stomach of the horse the rest of the Greek sailed behind a huge rock to hide behind. There was one Greek soldier left and he left a small single person boat on shore. When the Trojan people saw that the fighting had ceased they came out and discovered a big wooden horse. The Greek soldier jumped out of the bushes where he was hiding and explained that the Greek soldiers surrendered and left the horse as a gift for Troy. The Trojans pulled the horse inside unaware of the Greek soldiers hiding in the stomach of the horse. The Trojans feasted for three days and nights they honored the goddess Athena and the goddess Nike. On the third night when the men were too drunk to fight the lone Greek soldier sailed behind the huge rock and told the rest of the military to dock outside of Troy. Meanwhile one by one the Greek soldiers who had been hiding dropped out of the horse's stomach. They opened the gates and the Greek soldiers crept through. The Greek soldiers slaughtered every Trojan man and burned down the walls of Troy they took the women of Troy for wives and the city of Troy was raised to the ground. Archaeologists and scientists are trying to find evidence of the Trojan war. There is no evidence that Helen even existed. They are trying to peel away the layers of Homer's Illiad to find the cold hard facts if there are any.


The Trojan War effects us today because people are working their tales of to try and find evidence that the Trojan War happened. It provides a challenge for archaeologists trying to find evidence. People also hold lots of debates about it. It is a story that encourages people to dig down deeper and peel away the layers. As I end this post I want you to dig deeper and try to find for yourself if there is any truth in the Illiad.               

                  

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The Trojan War lasted for ten years. The Greeks could not breach the walls of Troy so the battle was mainly fought just outside the walls. Great heroes like Achilles fought and died in this war. After these ten years the Greeks came up with a plan. The Greek soldiers built a huge wooden horse with a hollow stomach and a trapped door.  They sent some soldiers to stay in the stomach of the horse for the plan. The other Greek soldiers packed up camp and sailed behind a huge rock so it would look like they were gone. They left the horse and one soldier behind. When the Trojans saw that the Greek soldiers had gone they called an end to the war. But, then the Trojans saw a Greek soldier hiding in the bushes. The Trojans told him to come out and explain himself. The soldier said that the Greek army surrendered and he was left there to tell them that. The Greek soldier also said that the Greeks left the massive wooden horse as a gift for Troy. Troy took it as a symbol of their victory. They gathered their strongest men to pull the horse inside the walls. The Greek soldier hid back in the bushes. The Trojans danced and celebrated their victory. They honored Nike and Athena. They feasted and partied for three nights. When every single Trojan soldier was to drunk or hungover to fight the Greeks executed the main part of their plan. The lone Greek soldier climbed a tree and signaled for the greek ships to come in to dock. The Greek soldiers in the horse stealthily jumped from the stomach of the horse as not to wake any Trojans they went and opened the gates of Troy. The Greek soldiers razed the city of Troy they slaughtered every Trojan man and took the women for wives. The city was razed to the ground.    

The Greek Gods often had trouble deciding wether they should side with the Trojans or the Greeks. For this particular war the gods were divided into sides because of promises and their virtues.  The gods that chose sides in this battle  were Hera, Athena, Ares, and even sweet soft Aphrodite. Hera sided with the Greeks because she was still fuming over the fact that Paris did not choose her as the fairest goddess. Athena was also a little bit annoyed at Paris for choosing another goddess over herself. Ares only fought where the battle was hot and fiery and he did not care which side would win but when he got wounded he would howl and scare both sides. Aphrodite fought beside the Trojans because she promised Helen to Paris. Aphrodite was also wounded and Zeus could not bear to see Aphrodite hurt. Zeus also thought that the mortals should decide the outcome for himself. So he commanded the other gods to sit on the walls of Troy and watch the battle. 

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       Helen was the daughter of Zeus and no doubt the most beautiful women that ever lived. Some said Helen was even more beautiful than Aphrodite. Every man wanted Helen for a wife because of her beauty. Helen had a mortal mother who had a mortal husband named King Tyndareus. When it became time to marry Helen off the king was worried that people would try and steal her from her husband. The king told all of the suitors that came to court Helen that they must accept the choice he makes and if Helen were ever stolen they would fight at his side. All of the suitors agreed. The king promised Helen's hand in marriage to a prince of Sparta named Menelaus . Helen was married and became queen of Sparta. 
         Now, let us travel out of Sparta  to a place called Thessaly. King Peleus was a favorite of the gods and Zeus promised him Thetis for a wife. They were married and all of the gods and minor gods were invited. When the wedding had began Eris spirit of strife and anger was furious when she did not receive an invitation so she threw down the golden apple of discord and shouted "let the fairest goddess have it". Hera, Athena and Aphrodite bolted to claim the apple. The goddesses got  into a heated argument about who is the fairest.(Comment on who you think is the fairest please do not say Snow White) Zeus Called Paris of troy  who was said to be the most handsome of men to judge the contest. Hera told him that if she was dubbed fairest he would rule over all of Asia. Athena said if she got the apple she would make him the wisest of all men. But he was most interested in what Aphrodite promised him, The most beautiful women to be his queen. Paris gave the apple to Aphrodite. Aphrodite gave little thought to the fact that Helen (the most beautiful women) was married. 
          Word of Helen's beauty spread all over the world and Paris was going to go to troy to receive her from Aphrodite. The Trojans pleaded for Paris to forget Aphrodite's promise because they thought that they would have misfortune. When Paris set sail to steal Helen he found her sewing with her ladies  when she looked at him for fear of being captured an arrow of love was shot into her heart and the two love birds eloped to Troy. 
            When they landed in troy all of troy welcomed her pleased that the most beautiful women was now Helen of Troy. King Menelaus was not known for standing idly by so he rounded up all of Helen's old suitors and reminded them of their promise. The Greeks prayed to Athena and left for Troy to reclaim Helen. When the Trojan's refused to give Helen back the Greeks started the Trojan war.  
          

Hello random people who have stumbled across this blog. This blog is about the Trojan War, and I don't mean just the war part I mean the whole war including the history leading up to the war and the after math. Just remember the Trojan War may be just a myth. I wanted to create a blog on this topic because the idea of the Trojan War has been around since ancient times, but historians, philosophers, and other people in that field still debate if the war was a myth or history. You can add your own opinion on the debate page. I am so excited to share about the master plan of the Trojan Horse created by the Greeks. I am also looking forward to sharing why this war happened. I also want you all to know about Helen Of Troy. I have so many more things that I am excited to share with you and I hope you enjoy this blog.

Hello everyone! One of the great mysteries historians are still trying to solve is weather the Trojan War is a myth or history. Well, I know most people are probably thinking but even if it was real it still has myth elements. The Greek Gods(reference page on the Greek Gods) are involved in this war which is clearly a myth. But the actual battle could have been real or not real. What do you think you can share your idea on the great debate page under the proposition or position by commenting.