The Trojan War

The Trojan War took place in approximately the thirteenth century. The ancient Greeks defeated the city of Troy. The Trojan War started aft(prenominal) an incident at the wedding feast of Peleus, the king of Thessaly, and Thetis, a sea goddess. All the gods and goddesses of Mt. Olympus had been invited except Eris, the goddess of discord. Eris was offended and tried to come alive up trouble among the guests at the feast. She sent a princely apple inscribed For the most beautiful. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each claimed the apple as their own. Paris judged the quarrel and awarded the apple to Aphrodite because she had promised him Helen, the most beautiful cleaning woman in the world. Helen was already married to Kin Menelaus of Sparta but when visited by Paris, she fled with Paris to Troy. Menelaus organized Greek war against Troy to make Helen back. The Greeks battled for ten eld but could not defeat Troy. The hap of Troy occurred when the Greeks built a large hollow sawbuck and placed it outside the walls of Troy. The Trojans took the long horse inside and thought the had win the war and the horse was a gift from the Greeks. Later that night, the Greeks stormed from the horse and opened the gates to allow their fellow warriors in and the Greeks conquered the City of Troy.

        Ancient Greece was the birthplace of Western civilization about 2500 years ago. Greek civilization consisted mainly of small city-states. A city-state consisted of a city or town and the surrounding villages and farmland. The Greek city-states were fissiparous and quarreled often with one-another. These city states established the worlds first democratic government. The Greeks believed that real gods and goddesses watched over them and directed their daily lives. Families would try to please...

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