After the death of Tyndareus, Menelaus became king of Sparta. (II) The Golden Apples at the Wedding Feast
Aegina, the daughter of Zeus and Asopus, the god of the river, gave birth to Aeacus, the son of Zeus, who in turn gave birth to Peleus, the famous hero, and Telamon, the hero, who was the brother of Peleus, and a close friend of Heracles. Peleus and Telamon fled because of jealousy and killed their half-brother Phocus. Peleus hid in Phthia, where the hero Eurytion took him in and gave him one-third of the country and his daughter Antigone as his wife. However, he accidentally killed Eurytion during a hunt in Calydon. He came again to Iolcus, where the wife of the king's Acastus fell in love with him, and the king's wife failed in her courtship and framed Peleus. Acastus took advantage of Peleus falling asleep on Mount Pelion (Pelion) to put away his sword and have him killed by centaurs. However, with the help of the centaur Chiron, he recovered his sword and fought off the other savage centaurs. In retaliation, Peleus, with the help of Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, captured Iolcos and killed Acastus and his wife.
At this point, Prometheus, the Titan god, told Zeus that marrying Tethys/Thetis would give birth to an overthrower of Zeus, so he persuaded Zeus to marry Tethys to Peleus, and that their child would be a great hero, but only on condition that Peleus defeat Tethys first. Peleus knew this and hid in the cave where Thetis used to rest and caught her when she was not aware of it. Thetis did not let go of her, no matter how much she turned into a lioness, a water snake or a sea water, and Peleus won.
All the gods celebrated the wedding of the two in the cave of the centaur Cajun, only the goddess of discord Eris (Eris) was not invited to participate in, Eris was not angry to think of a trick, from the orchard of Hesperides (Hesperides) picked a golden apple, and wrote "to the most beautiful goddess" and threw it on the feast! Hera, Athena and Aphrodite each took it for granted that they would recognize it, and Zeus refused to be the judge, so the three of them took the apple to Mount Ida to seek the judgment of Paris, the handsome son of King Priamus of Troy. (III) The Judgment of Paris
Paris was the son of Priamus and Hecuba. Before his mother gave birth to him, she had a nightmare that the land of Troy was baptized by fire, and the prophets told Hecuba that this son would destroy Troy. Therefore, Priamus named his servant Aglaos to bring the child to Mount Ida to abandon him, and Aglaos raised him, and he was so powerful and protective of the herd and his friends that others called him Alexander, meaning He was so strong and protective of the herd and his friends that they called him Alexander, meaning "amazing man".
At this point, three goddesses came to Paris to make a ruling, all three goddesses tempted her with prizes, Hera promised to give him supreme power, Athena gave him the most intelligent mind, and Aphrodite gave him the most beautiful woman in the world Helen as a wife, Paris handed over the golden apples to Aphrodite, and he became Aphrodite's favorite, and Hera and Athena determined to destroy the Trojans.
After that, Hera and Athena resolve to destroy the Trojans.
Afterwards, Paris returned to Troy to participate in the games of the heroes, even Hector lost to him, Priamus's son despised Paris, in which Deiphobus (Deiphobus) even drew his sword and wanted to kill him, Paris went to Zeus's altar to ask for shelter, the altar of Priamus's daughter, the prophet Cassandra (Cassandra) recognized him, and she immediately recognized Paris. She immediately recognized Paris. Priamos is very happy, although Cassandra warns him that Paris is a curse and Priamos does not listen.
After becoming a prince, Paris is instigated by Aphrodite to take a ship to Sparta to find Helen, and another son of Priamus, the prophet Helenus, warns Paris, but he ignores him. He came to the shores of Laconia and disembarked with his friend Aeneas to visit the Spartan king Menelaus as his guest, and at the feast Paris and Helen had fallen in love with each other. After a few days, Menelaus said to go to Crete (Crete), before leaving, asked Helen to take good care of the guests. As soon as Menelaos left, Paris instigated Helen to leave her husband and go to Troy with him, and Helen abandoned everything for love, including her daughter Hermione. On the way back, Nereus, the god of the sea, suddenly stopped the ship and told them that they would have to pay the price, however, Aphrodite comforted them and they returned to Troy after three days. (D) Summoning Heroes As soon as Paris boarded the ship, the gods sent a messenger, Iris, to Crete to find Menelaos. When Menelaos returned to Sparta, he saw that the treasures had been robbed and that Helen had left him, he was enraged and looked for his brother, Agamemnon, who suggested summoning the heroes who had taken the oath of office and attacked Troy together. Menelaos accepted the advice and first went to Pylus to find the older king Nestor, who was furious and decided to go on the expedition himself, taking his two sons Thrasymedes and Antilochus with him. Others included Diomedes, king of Argos and son of Tydeus, Paramedes, king of Euboea, Idomeneus, king of Crete and grandson of Minos, and Philoctetes, a close friend of Heracles. Philoctetes, who possessed the bow and arrows of Heracles, without which the prophets predicted that Troy could not be broken. There were also King Salamis (Salamis), Ajax the Great, son of Telamon (Telamon) and Ajax the Lesser, son of Oileus, the hero from Locris, though two were yet to come.
Odysseus, the son of King Laertes of Ithaca, who was known for his wit, had just married his wife, Penelope, and given birth to a son, Telemachus, and was unwilling to travel with him. Stor and Palamides came to Ithaca, he pretended to be mad and put the bullock set on the plow to plough the field, and sprinkled salt into the field, Palamides saw his pretense, and put his son on the field, and sure enough Odysseus stopped right in front of the child, and Odysseus had to admit that he was pretending, and had to keep his promise of that year, and from this time on Odysseus hated Palamides, and resolved to have vengeance.
The other one who has not arrived is Achilles, the son of Peleus and Thetis, destined to be a great hero of tragedy. The goddess Thetis knew that Achilles would die at Troy, and when Achilles was a baby, his mother took him by the heels and dipped him in the River Styx, making him invulnerable to weapons. When the news of Menelaus' expedition reached Thetis' ears, she hid Achilles in the palace of Lycomedes on the island of Scyros, but the prophet Calcas divulged his whereabouts and told them that Achilles was dressed in a woman's clothes and was not easy to recognize, Odysseus and Diomedes came to the palace in the guise of merchants and placed the goods in front of the palace, and the princesses loved to look at the jewels and ornaments, but only Achilles looked at the weapons. This is Diomedes outside the temple issued, Achilles thought there is an enemy immediately take weapons to kill the enemy, so he was recognized, Achilles happy to participate in the war, he also brought two friends wise Phoenix (Phoenix) and Patroclus (Patroclus) to the battlefield. Knowing this fate, Peleus gives Achilles the armor given by the gods at his marriage, the horse given by Poseidon and the spear of Chiron. (v) To Troy, the heroes assembled in the harbor of Aulis with an army of 100,000 men and 1,186 ships. Before departing, they all made sacrifices at an altar on the shore. Suddenly a strange blood-red serpent crawled out from underneath the altar, bent in a ring and climbed up a tree, climbed to a bird's nest at the highest part of the tree, ate a female crow and eight chicks, and then turned into a stone. When the people were bewildered, the prophet Calchas revealed the meaning to them, saying that the heroes would have to besiege the city for nine years, and that only in the tenth year would they be able to take Troy, and the people rejoiced and set out to Asia.
Soon after the voyage, the Greeks docked at Mysia, which was ruled by Hercules' son, Telaphus. The Greeks thought this was Troy and began to attack the city, but Achilles caused Telaphus to flee back to the city, and the Greeks realized in the morning when they were cleaning up the dead bodies that they were fighting allies rather than the Trojans, and the Greeks made a treaty of peace with Telaphus. As Telephus was the son-in-law of Priamus, he was reluctant to go out to fight his father-in-law, but promised to help the Greeks.
After leaving the shores of Mysia, the heroes encountered a terrible storm, they lost their way, and finally returned to the port of departure, Aulis, where the first action failed, and they hauled all their ships ashore, forming a large military camp on the shore, and many of the heroes returned home, and even the commander-in-chief, Agamemnon, left Aulis, and they could not learn the way to Troy, which was known only to Telephus, but Not long ago, the Greeks just fought with him, in the battle, Achilles wounded his thigh, the wound pain is unbearable, Telephus went to Delphi to ask Apollo how to heal the wounds, the priestess Pythia (Pythia) said that only Achilles can heal him, so he dressed up as a beggar to go to see Agamemnon, he met with Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, Clytemnestra suggested to Telephus, when Agamemnon's wife, she was a beggar, and he went to see him, and she said that he was a beggar. Lefors suggested that when Agamemnon came in, he could pick up Agamemnon's son Orestes from the cradle and threatened to smash the child to pieces if he did not cure his injury. Sure enough, this made Agamemnon very afraid and agreed to cure him because he also knew that only Thelepus could point out the way to Troy. Agamemnon sent for Achilles, who did not know how to cure Thelepus. Odysseus told Achilles that the antidote was the rust on the tip of the spear, and when he sprinkled it on Telephus' wound, it healed quickly, so Telephus agreed to lead the people to Troy.
But the wind was still blowing against the sea, which was sent by the goddess Artemis because Agamemnon had killed the goddess's deer and made her very angry. The heroes had to wait for the wind to stop, and the prophet Calcas told them that they could only forgive the Greeks if they sacrificed Agamemnon's daughter, Iphigenia, to the goddess. When Agamemnon learned of this, he preferred to give up the expedition, but Menelaus begged him to give in and sent an emissary to rush to Mycenae to hide from his wife that his daughter was to be betrothed to Achilles. When the first messenger left the barracks, Agamemnon regretted sending a second messenger to tell his wife the truth. However, the second messenger was intercepted by Menelaos, who denounced Agamemnon's betrayal, and the two men quarrelled when Clytemnestra and Iphigenia had arrived.
Agamemnon mourns, but pretends to be calm and goes to see his wife and daughter, Iphigenia can see that her father has a hard time, Agamemnon goes out to try to find out if there is any other way to find Calcasieu, as soon as Agamemnon goes out, Achilles comes in and asks to leave or let them go home, and Crutteneustra congratulates this daughter's fiancé, and Achilles does not know what to do, and at this point the second messenger sends her the letter When the second messenger tells her the truth, Clytemnestra cries out and asks Achilles to protect her daughter, and Achilles agrees. The soldiers in the barracks began to riot when they found out, and Agamemnon was helpless. Odysseus led the soldiers straight to Agamemnon's tent, and Achilles decided to protect Iphigenia to the death.
As the swords are drawn, Iphigenia comes forward and asks for a self-sacrifice and convinces Achilles not to protect her. Achilles nevertheless obeys her will, and Iphigenia walks to the altar, where Talthybios, the herald, orders everyone to remain silent, and Calchas takes out his sacrificial knife and shouts the name of the goddess Artemis, praying for a safe journey. When the knife touched the flame of the maiden, there was a miracle in the sky, Artemis took Iphigenia away, and the knife touched only a red mare, and everyone rejoiced in the mercy of the goddess, for she had brought her to the temple of the goddess on the coast of Euxine Pontus, in Tauris, for the purpose of sacrifice, and at that moment the sea was blowing with a fair wind, and all the soldiers were ready to go. All the soldiers were ready to go. (F) nine years before the siege
The Greeks set out again, along the way calm, the prophet told them they must be in Lemnos (Lemnos) next to the island of Chryse (Chryse) on the goddess Chryses (Chryses) sacrifice in order to attack the city successfully, Philoctetes knew the location of this altar, the leaders on the island followed Philoctetes to the altar, a serpent came out and called to the altar, and then a large serpent came out and called to the goddess, and then a large serpent came out and called to the goddess. At this time a big snake came out and bit Philoctetes' foot, the snake venom made Philoctetes' foot hurt very badly, the stench was overflowing, he moaned in the morning and evening and made everyone complain, at last Odysseus suggested to abandon him on the shore of the island of Lemnos, while Philoctetes was sleeping in the boat, the leaders put him between two rocks on the island, and left him with a bow and arrow and clothes and food, and Philoctetes was left behind in this way, but because of the fact that the leaders had to follow Philoctetes to the altar on the island, they did not know where the altar was. Philoctetes was thus left behind, but because the land of Troy could not be conquered without him, the Greeks were obliged to invite him back again in the tenth year of the siege.
The Greeks finally came to the coast of Troy, and the prophet warned that whoever set foot on the shore first would die first. Odysseus threw his shield onto the shore in order to attract the generals to come ashore, and nimbly jumped onto the shield, and the hero Protesilaus, eager to build up his military achievements, didn't notice Odysseus's trick, and jumped onto the shore to kill the enemy immediately, and Hector, the hero of Troy, killed the enemy with a spear. The hero of Troy, Hector, ended his life with a flight of his spear. Everyone was united to kill the enemy, and the Trojans could not resist and retreated back to the city. The next day both sides ceased to fight and gathered up the bodies and buried the warriors, after which the Greeks hauled their ships ashore and built fortifications, with Achilles and the tents of the Great Aegean at the ends of the fortifications to defend themselves against sneak attacks. The tents of Agamemnon and Odysseus were located in the center, so that they could lead the whole army. After repairing the fortifications, they sent Menelaos and Odysseus to negotiate with the Trojans, who demanded for the return of their treasures and Helen, and the Trojans were ready to accept all the demands, but Paris was the first one to refuse to do so, and some of his brothers supported him, and Antimachus, who had been bribed by the Trojans, even demanded for the arrest of Menelaos and his death. Antimachus, who had been bribed, even called for the arrest and death of Menenius. The Trojan prophet Helenus was even encouraged to say that the gods would let Troy win, and finally the Trojans refused to make peace and the war began.
The Greeks began a siege of the city, and attacked it three times without success. The Trojans did not dare to attack the city, so the Greeks had to invade the nearby city-states, which included the islands of Thenedos (Tenedos), Lesbos (Lesbos), Pedas, and Lyrniseus. Among them, Thebe of Peotia was also occupied, the city was governed by Eatcon, the father of Hector's wife Andromache. Achilles killed seven of Andromache's brethren in one day and captured Chryseis and Briseis, the daughters of Chryseis, the priest of Apollo, who was given to Agamemnon by the Greeks. Chryseis and Briseis, and the Greeks gave Chryseis to Agamemnon.
During these nine years, many Greek heroes died in battle, including the hero Pallamides, who made countless contributions to the Greeks. However, Odysseus, out of jealousy, and when Pallamides exposed Odysseus' trick of pretending to be crazy, Odysseus took advantage of the fact that Pallamides wanted to make peace to falsely accuse him of the crime, and Odysseus hid the gold in his tent, and rumor spread that he had been bought by Priamus. Many people began to believe that Odysseus had forged a document, and when Agamemnon received it, he summoned all the leaders to his tent, including Pallamides, who was sentenced to be stoned to death after being nailed to chains. Pallamides was executed by the sea after pleading for mercy, which led to retaliation by his father, Nauplius, King of Euboea, who initially At first Agamemnon would not even allow the burial of the body of Palamedes, however, Daeas did not believe that Palamedes had betrayed and buried him. (vii) The dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon
Finally, in the tenth year of the siege, Apollo's priest, Chryseis, came to the Greek army to plead with Agamemnon to release his daughter Chryseis and was willing to pay a large amount of ransom, but only Agamemnon refused to allow it and cursed Chryseis, who accused him to Apollo, and Apollo made the Greek army suffer from the plague, and in the 10th day, in the army assembly, Achilles demanded to be released by the Greeks. On the tenth day, in an assembly of the army, Achilles asks Calchas to reveal the reason for the god's wrath, and Calchas, under Achilles' protection, tells him the truth and demands that Agamemnon return Chryseis. Agamemnon is furious, but in full view of the public, he has to comply, but he asks for more prizes and military honors, and has to give up the shares of Achilles, Odysseus, and Daeaeus. Agamemnon threatens to go home, but Agamemnon says he will bring Achilles' slave girl, Briseis, to Achilles. Achilles is provoked and wants to kill Agamemnon with his sword, but Athena stops him, as both heroes are important to Hera, and Athena tells Achilles that Agamemnon will soon pay for his ranting, and Achilles goes back to the tent with his friend, Patroclus, in anger. Odysseus, on the other hand, takes Chryseis to the city of Etion to return Chryseis.
While Odysseus was away, Agamemnon really did send the heralds Tartibios and Eurybates to get Briseis, Achilles' slave girl, and Achilles, knowing that it was all Agamemnon's idea, allowed them to take away his beloved Briseis, and Achilles, heartbroken, cried out to his mother, Thetis, who lived in the sea, and who promised to complain to Zeus about Agamemnon's cruelty. Thetis promised to smite him for complaining of Agamemnon's insolence, but as Zeus had gone to a feast to the Ethiopians (Ethiopians), he did not return until twelve days later, and from that day onwards Achilles remained in his tent uninvolved in any of the battles.
On the twelfth day, Zeus returned to Mt. Olympus, Thetis begged Zeus to let the Trojans win before Agamemnon apologized to Achilles, even though Zeus knew that this would make Hera angry, but in the memory of Thetis in the former gods want to overthrow the Zeus, Thetis had called the hundred-handed giant Briareus helped him, so Zeus did as she wished. Zeus did as she wished. He sent Hypnos, the god of sleep, to give Agamemnon a false dream, so that he would think that the gods had foretold him that the city was about to be destroyed. Agamemnon woke up immediately after the dream to gather all the generals and heroes, he was in the square to test everyone's intentions, announced to everyone to go home, everyone was ecstatic to push the boat to the beach, Hera worried about Agamemnon falsehoods, sent Athena to tell Odysseus to stop the crowd, Odysseus immediately took Agamemnon that symbolizes the highest power of the scepter to order the crowd to return to the square, and finally everyone fish back to the square, the clamor returned to calm, and the city of the city. The clamor returned to silence, except for Thersites, who continued to clamor and stood up to the king, especially against Agamemnon and Achilles, whom he insulted in the square for his selfishness and lack of courage. Odysseus approached him and warned him to shut up, and struck Thetis with his scepter. Odysseus re-energized the Greeks and the army attacked Troy after making a sacrifice to Zeus, however they did not know that Zeus had rejected their sacrifice. （The duel between Menelaos and Paris
Iris, the messenger of the gods, took the form of Polites, the son of Priamus, to inform the Trojans of the approach of the Greek army, which marched out of the city, and when the two armies confronted each other, Paris came out of the Trojans and offered to fight with each of the Menelaos, and the latter was excited, for he could finally take revenge himself. When Paris saw Menelaos' exuberance, he was so afraid that he cowered next to his friend. Hector scolded him for being a coward and accused him of being the main culprit of the war, and Paris met the battle head-on, so both armies stopped for a moment to calm down, and at this time Menelaos asked Priamus to witness the duel, and at the same time, the goddess Aerys took the form of Priamus' daughter, Laodice, and told Helen to go to the Skea Gate (Secchia). Climbing up to the tower of the Secia gate to watch the battle, Priamos, along with Agamemnon, Odysseus and others, made sacrifices to the gods, swore to honor the treaty and then returned to the tower, unable to bear the thought of seeing the death of either side at close range.
The duel began with Paris throwing a spear at Menelaos, and his spear hit Menelaos' shield but did not pass through it; when Menelaos threw his spear, it passed through Paris' shield and armor, and Paris reacted by jumping to the side to save himself. Menelaos attacked with his sword, but due to the force of the sword broke into four pieces, Menelaos then grabbed Paris with his bare hands and dragged Paris towards the Greek army, Paris couldn't breathe. At this time, the goddess Aphrodite cut off Paris' helmet belt so that only one helmet was left in the hands of Menelaos, and used a thick fog to cover Menelaos, waiting for a chance to regain Paris back to the city. When Menelaos was furious, Agamemnon proclaimed Menelaos' victory and demanded that the Trojan army pay tribute, which went unanswered.
At this point, Hera asked Zeus to send Athena to provoke the Trojans to break the covenant, and Zeus reluctantly complied. Athena disguised as Antenor's (Antenor's) son, Laodocus (Laodocus) went to Pandarus (Pandarus) and convinced him to shoot Menelaos with an arrow, and when Pandarus sent the arrow, Athena deliberately made the arrow only go into the skin of Menelaos, and was not harmed. The Greek army's doctor, Machaon, sprinkled powder on the wound and the Trojans took advantage of the opportunity to attack. Athena commanded the Greek army while Ares, the god of war, commanded the Trojans. When Pandarus saw this, he shot an arrow at Diomedes, which hit but did not kill him. Pandarus thought that Diomedes had been killed, but he did not realize that Diomedes had already called another hero, Sthenleus, to pull out the arrow and begged Athena to avenge his death. Athena gave him the strength to slay the goddess Aphrodite in her army. Aeneas, the hero of Troy and son of Aphrodite, called Diodorus along to repel Diomedes. Diomedes threw a spear to kill Pandarus, Aeneas protected Pandarus' body, and Diomedes threw a boulder at Aeneas, who was protected by Aphrodite. Diodemedes caught up with the goddess and stabbed her, Aphrodite retreated leaving Aegeus behind, Diodemedes went at Aegeus again, three times being deflected by Apollo, and on the fourth attack was drunk back by Apollo.
Apollo took Aegeanes to his temple in Troy and made a false double to put on the battlefield. Apollo called Ares, the god of war, to subdue Diomedes, so Ares turned into a Thracian hero, Acamas, and ran to inspire the Trojans, while the Aegean brothers, Odysseus and Diomedes, were in command of the Greeks. were in command of the Greeks, yet the Greek army was slain and fell back, and during the battle Tlepolemus, the Greek army's Trojan, was stabbed to death with a spear by Zeus' son Sarpedon, who was dragged away with a wound in his back. When Hera and Athena saw what was happening, Athena transformed into the hero Stentor to inspire the Greeks, and told Diomedes not to be afraid to make an attack on the gods, and urged him to attack Ares. Athena took advantage of the fact that Ares killed the hero Peliphas (Peliphas), so that Ares could not see her and Diodemus and the two went near him and attacked Ares, who was wounded and walked back to Zeus, who sent the divine doctor Paeon to cure Ares and subdued Ares to return to the battlefield. (IX) Hector's battle with the Great Aias
Hector returned to the city and hurried to the palace, where he met his mother, Hecuba, who told him to gather the women of Troy to sacrifice to Athena in order to stop the madness of Diomedes, and, after Hecuba's promise, went to Paris, who, when he saw that he was only checking his own weapons, condemned him for not being nervous at all. The beautiful Helen also condemns him, and Paris says that he is preparing for battle. Hector does not stay long, but goes to his wife, Andromache, and finds her and his son, Astyanax, at the gates of the city. Andromache knew that her husband would be killed in the battlefield, advised Hector not to go to war, Hector did not allow and from the Sceia door (Sceia) to go out to the battle, caught up with Paris just on the battlefield, their appearance to the Trojans demoralized, they together with the Glaucus (G;aucus) to kill the many heroes of the Greeks, Athena wanted to help the Greeks, just bumped into the help of Trojan Apollo, the god of the sun, only promised a truce. The two gods decided that in order to stop the war, they must encourage Hector to fight alone against the most famous Greek heroes. Hector's brother, Helenos, sensed the meaning of the gods, and told Hector to do so, and on the battlefield both armies stopped fighting for a while, and only Hector called for battle. Agamemnon stopped him, and because fighting Hector alone was something that even Achilles was not confident of winning, Nestor the Elder lectured the Greek heroes, and at this time there were nine who were willing to fight alone: Agamemnon, Diomedes, Aias the Great, Aias the Little, Idomeneus, Meriones, Eurypylus, Thoas, and Othonius. Thoas) and Odysseus, the Great Aias, were drawn to fight, and he walked out very gladly, and at this time Hector was a little timid.
The battle began. Hector threw his spear first, was blocked by the shield of the Great Eaas, the Great Eaas threw his spear through Hector's shield and armor, but the tip of the spear was off to the side to save Hector's life, the two heroes picked up the gun and fought again, the Great Eaas once again pierced Hector's shield and stabbed him in the neck, and after that, the Great Eaas picked up the boulder and threw it at Hector, this time hurting Hector's feet, Apollo quickly put him on the ground, and then the two heroes were able to get to the ground. lifting him up, and at this point the two heroes were about to engage in a pitched battle, but in the nick of time the herald came and stopped the battle to prevent both of them from being defeated, and the two men, recognizing and valuing the hero, exchanged belts as a remembrance of each other, and the Trojans were glad that Hector was not seriously hurt, and the Greek army was encouraged by the sight of the might of the Great Aeons, and both sides agreed to call a truce, and after the night the two sides held their own council, and although the Trojan army offered to the Greek army to return the treasure and additional jewels, the Greek army refused to cease fire because Paris would not return Helen. (x) The victory of the Trojans
The next morning Zeus summoned the gods and warned them that they must not help either side today. He rode in his carriage to the top of Mount Ida to watch the battle, which continued until noon, when Zeus took out his scales, and with the Trojan side held high and the Greek side tilted to the ground, he caused thunder to sound, and the whole Greek army retreated, with only Nestor left on the battlefield, when Paris shot his horse and wounded him. Paris shot his horse in the eye, the horse immediately became uncontrollable, Hector arrived and raised his sword to kill Nestor, just as Diomedes arrived and pulled Nestor into his chariot, he went to meet Hector, he stabbed Hector's driver, the carriage was uncontrollable, the hero Arheptolem boarded the chariot in place of the driver, Zeus threw a bolt of lightning in front of the horse. The horses run in fear, Nestor advises Diomedes to leave the battlefield because Zeus does not want to see his victory, Diomedes obeys, the Trojan army rides to victory, Hector jeers desperately at Diomedes, Diomedes tries three times to return to the battlefield only to be stopped by the lightning, Nestor realizes that today the victory will go to the Trojans, and Hera begs Poseidon to aid the Greek army, who rejects her.
The battle came down to the walls of the Greek army, and Agamemnon asked Zeus for help. At this point, Zeus had mercy and brought an auspicious omen, a giant eagle seized a deer and threw it on top of the altar of Zeus, which boosted the morale of the Greeks, with Diomedes being the most excited to kill the enemy. Teucer also killed Gorguthion, the son of Priamus, and Alcoptolemus. Hector was furious and wounded him on the shoulder with a boulder, but he was saved by the arrival of Daeas to cover him. The Trojans attacked the Greek ships from the wall. Although the goddesses wanted to help the Greeks, Zeus sent a messenger, Aeris, to stop them and threatened to get angry, but the goddesses stopped, and Zeus said to Hera that the Trojans would have to be victorious before Agamemnon offered to make amends to Achilles. After nightfall, Hector camped outside the city with his army, seeking to repel the Greeks at once tomorrow.
The next morning was very strange. The allied Greek ships suddenly set sail and left. The normally noisy battlefield became silent. Thinking that the Greeks had withdrawn and returned home, the Trojans ran outside the city, only to find a huge wooden horse left on the beach.
The Trojans surrounded the wooden horse in amazement, and they wondered what it was for. Some wanted to pull it into the city, others suggested burning it or pushing it into the sea. While this was going on, some shepherds caught a Greek who was tied up and went to see the king of Troy. This Greek told the king that the wooden horse was used by the Greeks to sacrifice to the goddess Athena. The Greek reckoned that the Trojans would destroy it, which would cause the wrath of the gods. But if the Trojans pulled the wooden horse into the city, it would bring a blessing from the gods to the Trojans, so the Greeks made the wooden horse so huge that the Trojans could not pull it into the city. The king of Troy believed this and was about to pull the wooden horse into the city when Laocoon, the priest of Troy, came running to stop it; he demanded that the wooden horse be burned and took a spear and stabbed it. The wooden horse made a terrible rattling noise, when two terrible serpents came out of the sea and pounced on Laocoon and his two sons. Laocoon and his sons fought desperately against the giant snakes, but were soon entangled in them and died. The two giant snakes calmly burrowed under the statue of the goddess Athena and disappeared.