The Illiad is a tale of heroes and gods, it is a story of Achilles, of his anger and determination. And of his slaying of the Trojan Hector.
The purpose of the war was to recover the most beautiful women in the world, Helen. She was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Menelaus went hunting, and Paris from troy came and took Helen away. After two years of preparation, the Greek fleet of more than 1,000 ships and 100,000 men gathered together and set off to troy to get Helen back. But when they went to set sail there was no wind so they had to sacrifice a maiden. Agamemno
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