The Greeks Besieged

The Greeks besieged

Troy for ten years. According to legend, 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 impartial. Eris and her brother Ares helped both sides because they loved war!

In the tenth year of the siege

Agamemnon took Achilles's female prisoner, Briseis, for himself. Achilles was so angry that he refused to fight for the Greeks any longer. But when his friend Patroclus was killed by the mighty Trojan warrior Hector, Achilles returned to the war and killed Hector. Eventually Paris tried to shoot Achilles in the back, but the arrow struck Achilles's heel and he died. Soon Paris, too, was wounded in battle and he also died.

After the deaths of Achilles and another hero, Ajax, the Greeks wanted to give up