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Achilles on Skyros

Thetis knew that if her son Achilles went to Troy, he would win unsurpassed glory—and die young. She hid him among the maidens in the palace of Skyros, but Odysseus uncovered him with a cunning trick, and Achilles at last left the island and turned toward war.

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Iphigenia at Aulis

The Greek army is trapped at Aulis, with not a breath of favorable wind over the sea. The seer declares that only by sacrificing Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia can the fleet sail for Troy. Agamemnon wavers between a father’s love and a commander’s duty, until Iphigenia herself walks toward the altar—only for Artemis to take her away before the knife falls.

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Philoctetes Abandoned on Lemnos

As the Greek army sailed toward Troy, the archer Philoctetes was bitten by a venomous snake. His wound festered, and his cries of pain would not cease. Fearing that he would burden the whole expedition, the commanders left him behind on Lemnos, with only a little food and the divine bow of Heracles.

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The Greeks Mistakenly Attack Mysia

When the Greek army first sailed out to attack Troy, they mistook Mysia for enemy land. Telephus, king of Mysia, rose to defend his country and was wounded by Achilles; later, because that wound would not heal, he became the guide who showed the Greeks the way to Troy.

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The Greeks Arrive at Troy

The Greek host sails from Aulis, crosses the straits, and reaches the shores near Troy, only to suffer ominous losses before and after landing. Philoctetes is bitten by a venomous snake and abandoned, while Protesilaus is the first to set foot on Trojan soil—and the first to fall in battle.

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The Death of Palamedes

Palamedes was clever and upright, and he had once exposed Odysseus’ attempt to feign madness and escape the war. For that, he earned Odysseus’ hatred. Before Troy, Odysseus framed him with a forged letter and buried gold, making the Greeks believe he had betrayed them to the enemy. So the army put this wise hero to death.

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The Wrath of Achilles

In the tenth year of the Trojan War, a priest’s daughter brings plague upon the Greek camp, and Agamemnon and Achilles come to open blows in the assembly. Achilles withdraws from battle in fury and asks his mother, Thetis, to plead with Zeus so the Greeks will suffer for losing him.

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Agamemnon Tests the Greeks

Zeus sends a deceptive dream into Agamemnon’s tent, urging him to attack Troy. But Agamemnon first tests the Greeks by speaking of withdrawal, and nearly sends the whole army rushing back to the ships, until Odysseus restores order among the troops.

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The Duel of Paris and Menelaus

On the battlefield, Paris dared the Greeks to a challenge, only to shrink back when Menelaus advanced. The two armies agreed to settle Helen’s fate by single combat. Menelaus seemed on the verge of victory, but Aphrodite whisked Paris away, and the war was not ended.

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Pandarus Breaks the Truce

The Greeks and the Trojans swear an oath and prepare to let Menelaus and Paris fight alone, hoping to end the war by single combat. But Pandarus listens to a goddess’s urging and secretly looses an arrow; with that shot, the truce is broken, and the battlefield fills with blood once more.

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Diomedes' Aristeia

With Athena's help on the Trojan battlefield, Diomedes drives into the enemy lines like a blaze of fire, wounding even the goddess Aphrodite and Ares, the god of war. Yet Apollo stops him and teaches him that a boundary still stands between mortals and the gods.

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Hector Returns to Troy

On the plain outside Troy, the battle rages fiercely, and Hector is sent back into the city on Helenus’s warning. There he urges Hecuba to lead the women in prayer to Athena, rebukes Paris for lingering indoors, and finds Andromache and little Astyanax at the Scaean Gate before donning his armor once more and returning to the field.

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