The Trojan War

Title: The Trojan War
Category: Literature / Creative Writing | Words: 462 | Pages: 2.0 (approximately 235 words/page)

The Trojan War

The Greeks besieged Troy for ten years. It was said that the gods took great interest in the war. Hera and Athena still resented Paris for not giving them the Apple of Discord, so they helped the Greek side. Aphrodite assisted the Trojans. Zeus also favored the Trojans, but tried to remain neutral. Eris and her brother Ares helped both sides because they loved war. In the tenth year of the siege, Agamemnon took Achilles' …showed first 75 words of 462 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 462 total…Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra in revenge for the death of her daughter Iphigenia. Helen was more fortunate. During the sack of Troy, Odysseus found her and took her to her husband, Menelaus. He told Menelaus that Helen had helped him steal a sacred Trojan statue, the Palladium. Pleased to hear that Helen was still loyal to the Greeks, Menelaus returned with her to Sparta (it took them seven years to get home), where they lived happily.

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