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=The TEN Year War= =By: Thomas Dzielski and Jordan Brown=

All before the ten years of war between Troy and Greece there was a contest. Not a common contest, it was to determine the prettiest of three gods. Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite were the three gods in the contest. The reward was praise and a magnificent golden apple that the three admired. The craziest thing was it was determined by a mortal man named Paris. Athena and Hera both bribed him but Aphrodite promised him something else, love. She promised Paris the most beautiful women in the world by the name of Helen. Her husband was the king of Sparta. The kings brother Agamemnon ruled the Achaean army. When Helen was taken by Paris it was he who commanded his army to attack and conquer Troy. It was the Beginning of The TROJAN WAR

The bloody Trojan war lasted for a horrifying 10 years. The war was fought for many years on the land of Troy. It was said that they could not win if the great heroes Achilles and Odysseus were not in the fight. The larger most of the battle occurred in the ninth year of the war. the Greeks had limited supplies while the Trojans could have a stream of resources from there close allied kingdoms. They set about destroying the surrounding kingdoms to slow the flow of supplies to the Trojans city. They captured supplies and girls in the raid. When a pestilence went through the camp and killed the king and general of the army's concubine, he foolishly took Achilles. Achilles raged by Agamemnon's action, he stopped fighting which cost a heavy price for the Greeks. Later then a truce was called so that Paris could duel Helen's old husband Menelaus. Paris was defeated but before he could be killed Aphrodite whisked him away. Then another interference by the gods made a archer fire a arrow, grazing Menelaus breaking the truce. They fighting began on both sides. The fighting continued for all the day which mostly helped the Trojans. With the loss,Agamemnon agreed to return Achilles concubine and give him a sum of gold. But Achilles stilled refused to fight. The fighting continued the next day, wounding several generals. When the Trojans attacked the Greek camped Hector killed Achilles cousin Patroclus. In a single action Achilles killed many Trojans and confronted Hector. Hecator died and was dragged by a chariot. Then with a amazing invention by Odysseus, the Greeks hid and left a man filled horse for the Greeks to take into there city. The Greeks where deceived and Troy fell. Achilles had been shot in the mythical Achilles heel by Paris and died. The king of Troy and the Greeks where killed in the battle. The ten year war was won and the great city of Troy lost.





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