TROJAN WARS

The dispute that sparked this war was a beauty contest judged by Paris.

Hera, Athena and Aphrodite were in dispute over who was the fairest.

They each tried to bribe Paris.

Paris eventually chose Aphrodites Helen.

Helens husband Menelaus, was brother to Agamemnon, and a large force was raised and set sail for Troy.

The Greeks besieged the city for nine years and took it in the tenth.

Only trickery won the war for the Greeks.

A large wooden horse was built so as to conceal the troops inside.

The Greeks then made it appear that the rest of the troops had left for home.

The Trojans took the horse inside and at night as they slept the Greeks emerged to open the gates to their returning armies.