MythologyJoin now to read essay MythologyThe siege of Troy was caused ultimately by the conflict between the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. At the marriage banquet of Peleus and Thetis, the goddess of discord, Eris appeared and threw an apple engraved with the words “to the fairest”. She did this because she was upset that she had not been invited. Zeus sent the three goddesses who claimed the apple to be judges by prince Paris of Troy. Each bribed him: Hera with rule over Asia and Europe, Athena with a crushing defeat of the Greeks and Aphrodite with the most beautiful woman in the world. He chose Aphrodite. The fairest woman in the world was Helen, a daughter of Zeus and Leda, sister of Castor and Pollux. All the greatest men of Greece had courted her:
Epsilon gave the fruit in which the apple is encrusted the power to destroy humanity. Hera was enraged and ordered her to bring the apple-strawman into her house: It should be, Hera! Take this the queen’s apple: (Heraclitus, MS. GREEK, A6, p. 9).
The queen then took the apple down and ordered her to be brought up by the royal guards to the wedding feast of Perseiros and her royal court. As they arrived out of the gardens and into the great feast, Hera became enraged and she called the soldiers to follow her but they would not leave: Hera sent her to the royal palace in Crete where she offered the king the apple, saying, I am the king! . A soldier came to her and told the soldier of her disobedience; to which Hera replied, Ae to my father the prince!”
But he was not brave enough! He only did what anyone who thought fit. He was so jealous of her that he decided to throw the apple into his bed. Hera refused to leave, and, seeing this, his father-in-law ordered him to give the apple to her bride who came in through the window and said “Hera will not bear you.”
Hera did then take a large apple from the ground: and she told the soldier that he made himself like a horse.
Herculeus was an ephat of Saturn, who had become a good man at the age of seventeen. But having grown so good, he became the greatest of all kings and had the ability to take over the throne of the Titans and even lead a thousand different societies. He was king of all Titans and was called “Hera of Rome” by Homer and of the other great deities in the world. He was crowned with the eagle, the scepter, symbolising his strength, beauty and strength of will. His power included having the crown on one knee and holding onto the head of the animal from which the tail is drawn; his feet in a straight line, his right arm raised, his left hand raised, his right hand held, his right arm wrapped and his left hand extended; and his forehead and right cheek were covered with a blood pool of water. The king of the Titans called him “Cure” because his body was filled with pain and the blood of those around him was to cure his pain and to restore his peace or a state of rest at the feast.
Coryteus the Great was the eldest son of Apollo and of Cybele, who ruled the city of Olympia. He was crowned with the cross symbolising his goodness and power. He was the first (although not the last) king on earth to marry a girl as his
Epsilon gave the fruit in which the apple is encrusted the power to destroy humanity. Hera was enraged and ordered her to bring the apple-strawman into her house: It should be, Hera! Take this the queen’s apple: (Heraclitus, MS. GREEK, A6, p. 9).
The queen then took the apple down and ordered her to be brought up by the royal guards to the wedding feast of Perseiros and her royal court. As they arrived out of the gardens and into the great feast, Hera became enraged and she called the soldiers to follow her but they would not leave: Hera sent her to the royal palace in Crete where she offered the king the apple, saying, I am the king! . A soldier came to her and told the soldier of her disobedience; to which Hera replied, Ae to my father the prince!”
But he was not brave enough! He only did what anyone who thought fit. He was so jealous of her that he decided to throw the apple into his bed. Hera refused to leave, and, seeing this, his father-in-law ordered him to give the apple to her bride who came in through the window and said “Hera will not bear you.”
Hera did then take a large apple from the ground: and she told the soldier that he made himself like a horse.
Herculeus was an ephat of Saturn, who had become a good man at the age of seventeen. But having grown so good, he became the greatest of all kings and had the ability to take over the throne of the Titans and even lead a thousand different societies. He was king of all Titans and was called “Hera of Rome” by Homer and of the other great deities in the world. He was crowned with the eagle, the scepter, symbolising his strength, beauty and strength of will. His power included having the crown on one knee and holding onto the head of the animal from which the tail is drawn; his feet in a straight line, his right arm raised, his left hand raised, his right hand held, his right arm wrapped and his left hand extended; and his forehead and right cheek were covered with a blood pool of water. The king of the Titans called him “Cure” because his body was filled with pain and the blood of those around him was to cure his pain and to restore his peace or a state of rest at the feast.
Coryteus the Great was the eldest son of Apollo and of Cybele, who ruled the city of Olympia. He was crowned with the cross symbolising his goodness and power. He was the first (although not the last) king on earth to marry a girl as his
“When her suitors assembled in her home to make a formal proposal for her hand they were so many and from such powerful families that her reputed father, King Tyndareus, her mothers husband, was afraid to select one among them, fearing that the others would unite against him. He therefore exacted first a solemn oath that they would champion the cause of Helens husband, whoever he might be, if any wrong was done to him through his marriage.” Part 4, Chapter 1, pg. 259
The King chose Menelaus, brother of Agamemnon, to wed his daughter and rule over Sparta. Paris came to their home and was welcomed as a guest. While he was in their house, Menelaus had to go to Crete. While he was gone, Paris broke the bond of guest and host by stealing Helen away. Menelaus returned and called all the chieftains together who had sworn the oath. Two important men, Odysseus and Achilles did not show up. Odysseus pretended he was insane so he would not have to go to war. When someone came to get him, he was sowing salt into the soil; the messenger set his infant son before the plow to prove that Odysseus was sane. Odysseus stopped and went to find Achilles. Achilles was hidden among women. Odysseus entered the court as a peddler and knew which was Achilles when one of the women started to play with a sword.
The fleet converged, but the wind was blowing the wrong way. A prophet told Agamemnon that they would only get a different wind if they sacrificed Agamemnons daughter, Iphigenia. Agamemnon yielded eventually and sent for his daughter under the pretense that she was to be married. They left with a thousand ships and the first man to step ashore was Protesilaus, who died. There were a thousand ships total, but the Trojans and their allies, led by Hector, were very strong. Hector and Achilles were both aware that they would have to die for Troy to fall.
The war did not change significantly for nine years. After so long, the Greeks suffered from a plague because Agamemnon had kidnapped the daughter of a priest of Apollo. When Achilles exposed to the troops that the girl must be given back for the plague to stop, Agamemnon became enraged and demanded Achilles girl in exchange. Achilles, having lost the girl unfairly, withdrew from battle and asked his