- Such was the report of — beauty that not a young prince in Greece but wanted to marry her. - King — was afraid to select one among the suitors. - He therefore exacted first a solemn — from all the suitors. - It was each man's advantage to take the oath. - Tyndareus chose —.

- — knew where the most beautiful woman on earth was to be found. - She led Paris, without a thought of leaving —, and went to —. - — received him graciously as their guest.

- The guest and the host were bound to hell and — - Paris broke that sacred bond.

- Menelaus trusting completely to it left Paris in his home and went to —. - Then, The Trojan War.

- Paris, who coming Entered a friend's kind dwelling, Shamed the hand there that gave him food, Stealing away a woman. - Menelaus got back to find Helen gone. - He called upon all — to help him.

- They were eager to cross the sea and lay mighty Troy in ashes. - Two were missing: —

- — did not want to leave his house and his family to embark on a romantic adventure overseas for the sake of a

- Odysseus pretended that he had gone —, and when a — from the Greek Army arrived, the King was PLOWING a field and SOWING it with — instead of seed.

- He seized Odysseus's — and put him directly in the — - Instantly the father turned the plow aside, thus proving that he had all his — about him.

- Achilles, on the other side, was kept back by his —.

Achilles's mother knew that if he went to —, he was fated to — there.

- She sent him to the court of —, the KING who had treacherously KILLED THESEUS, and made him wear WOMEN'S CLOTHES and hide among the maidens.

- ODYSSEUS disguised as a — and he WENT TO THE COURT where Achilles was said to be.

- When Achilles was fiddling with the — Odysseus knew him right away.

- Odysseus had no trouble at all in making him disregard what his mother said and go to the — with him. - A thousand ships carried the Greek host.

They met at —, a place of strong winds and dangerous tides.

- —, the soothsayer declared that the gods had spoken to him.

- — was angry because Agamemnon killed one of her sacred — and bragged that he was a better hunter.

- The only way to CALM THE WIND and ensure a safe voyage to Troy was to appease her by sacrificing to her royal maiden, —.

- The Greek ships sailed out over a quiet sea, but the evil price they had paid was bound some day to bring evil down upon them. - The first man to leap ashore was —. - The oracle had said that he who landed first would be the first to —.

- The Greeks had Hermes bring him up from the dead to see once again his mourning wife, —.

- - Laodamia — rather than be without him. -

Thousand ships carried a great host of fighting men, and the Greek army was very strong, Achilles along with their side, whom no man anywhere was nobler or more brave and the champion of the Greeks. - The Trojans were strong too with Priam on their side, the King, and his Queen, Hecuba, and one of their bravest sons, Hector. - For — years, victory wavered, then a quarrel flared up between two Greeks, —nd for a time, it turned the tide in favor of the Trojans.

- Chryseis, daughter of Apollo's priest, whom the Greeks had carried off and given to —. - Her — came to beg for her release, but Agamemnon would not let her go.

- The priest prayed to the mighty god he served, and — heard him. - From his sun-chariot, he shot — down upon the Greek Army.

- Achilles called an assembly of the chieftains, he told them that they must either find a way to appease Apollo or else sail home. - —, the prophet said he knew why the god was angry. But he would not speak unless Achilles would guarantee his —.

- Calchas declared that — must be given back to her father.

- Agamemnon agrees to return the girl to her father, but there's one condition. - Achilles will, in exchange, have to give Agamemnon —

- Achilles agreed to give Briseis to Agamemnon

- Achilles' mother, silver-footed Thetis, the sea, came to him. - Thetis told Achilles to have nothing to do with the Greeks, and with that, she went up to — and asked — to give success to the —.

- The gods were ranged against each other. Aphrodite was on the side of —. Equally, of course, — were against them.

- —, Lord of the Sea, favored the —. — cared for Hector and for his sake helped the Trojans, and —, as his sister, did so too.

- Zeus liked the — best, but he wanted to be neutral because — was so disagreeable whenever he opposed her openly.

- Zeus could not resist —. He had a hard time with —. He was driven finally into telling her that he would — upon her if she did not stop talking.

- Hera kept silence then, but her thoughts were busy as to how she might help the Greeks and circumvent Zeus. - Zeus knew that the Greeks without — were inferior to the Trojans. - Zeus sent a — to Agamemnon promising him victory if he attacked.

- While for Achilles, he remained in his tent and — - Up on the wall of Troy, the old King Priam and the other old men sat watching the contest. - Then —, the cause of all the agony and death, came and stayed by them, telling them the names of this and that Greek hero, until, to their astonishment, the battle ceased.

- —, Helen's real husband, challenges —, Helen's current husband, to a duel.

- Paris agreed to this duel, but there's only one problem, Paris had not fought at all except to — - But before Menelaus could kill Paris and solve the war for good, — decided to intervene and whisk Paris off the battlefield.

- Menelaus would have dragged Paris to the Greeks victoriously if it had not been for Aphrodite. - Menelaus went through the — seeking Paris, but he was gone, no one knew how or where. - — spoke to both armies, declaring that Menelaus was the victor and bidding the Trojans to give Helen back. - But the — discussed what to do on the situation.

So Athena, sweeping down to the battlefield, persuaded the —, a Trojan, to break the truce and shoot an arrow at Menelaus - The Greeks were in rage at the treachery turned upon by the Trojans, and the battle was on again.

- On the Greek side, with Achilles gone, the two greatest champions were — - On the Trojan side, the best and the bravest next to Hector is the _, and his mother was Aphrodite herself.

- — came near to death at Diomedes' hands when Diomedes wounded him. —, again, hastened down to the battlefield to save him.

- Diomedes, knowing that Aphrodite was a coward goddess, leaped towards her and —. She let Aeneas fall and, weeping for pain, made her way back to Olympus.

- —, smiling to see the laughter-loving goddess in tears, bade her to stay away from the battle. - - Although Aphrodite failed to save Aeneas, he was not killed. — enveloped him in a cloud and carried him to sacred —, the holy place of Troy, where Artemis healed his wound.

- Diomedes went to the Trojan ranks until he came face to face with Hector. - There, to his dismay, he saw —. - She urged her horses to Olympus and asked Zeus if she might drive that bane of men, Ares, from the battlefield. - — were helping Diomedes to smite the terrible god and have no fear.

- Diomedes rushed at Ares and hurled his spear at him with the help of Athena. - Ares fled up to Zeus in Olympus and —. - Zeus looked at him sternly and told him he was as intolerable as his mother and bade him cease his whining.

- Someone told Hector to offer Athena the — she owned and pray to her... "Lady Athena, spare the city and the wives of the Trojans and the little children."

As Hector went back to the battle, he turned aside to see once more, perhaps for the last time, the wife he tenderly loved, Andromache, and his son Astyanax. - - Hector smiled and looked at them silently, but Andromache took his hand in hers and wept. - Hector turned to leave her, but first he held out his arms to his son. He laughed and took the — from his head. - Then, holding the child in his arms, he caressed him and prayed. - Hector pitied her and touched her tenderly with his hand and spoke to her. - Hector was eager for the fight, and better fortune for a time lay before him.

- Zeus remembered his promise to Thetis to avenge — - He ordered all the other immortals to stay in Olympus; he himself went down to earth to the —. - It went hard with the —. - Achilles sat alone in his tent, brooding. - When evening ended the battle, the Trojans had driven the Greeks back almost to their ships. - There was rejoicing in Troy that night, but grief and despair in the Greek camp. - Agamemnon himself was all for _ and sailing back to Greece.

- —, however, spoke boldly and told Agamemnon that if he had not angered Achilles, they would not have been defeated. He said, - All applauded the advice and Agamemnon confessed that he had acted like a fool.

- — and the two chieftains chosen to accompany him found the hero with his friend —, who of all men on earth was dearest to him. - — welcomed them courteously. When they told him why they had come, they received an absolute refusal.

He was — and they would be wise to do the same. - But all rejected that counsel when — brought back the answer. - The next day, again they were driven back, until they stood fighting on the beach where their ships were drawn up. - — had laid her plans to help the Greeks. She must go to Zeus, lovely that he could not resist her.

She went to her chamber and used every art she knew to make herself beautiful beyond compare. As Zeus saw her, love overcame his heart. - Ajax hurled — to the ground. Although before he could wound him, Aeneas lifted him and bore him away. - The Greeks were able to drive the Trojans far back from the ships, and Troy might have been sacked that very day if _ had not awakened.

- He leaped up and saw the Trojans in flight and Hector lying gasping on the plain. - All was clear to him, and he turned fiercely to Hera. Her crafty, crooked ways he was half-minded to give her then and there a beating. - Hera promptly — that she had had anything to do with the Trojans' defeat. - She blamed —; the Sea-god had been helping the Greeks contrary to Zeus's orders, but only because she had begged him.

He sent her back to Olympus and summoned — to carry his command to Poseidon to withdraw from the field. - Apollo had revived the fainting _ and breathed into him surpassing power. - The Greeks were like a flock of frightened sheep driven by mountain lions. - The Trojans were almost near enough to set the ships on fire.

- Patroclus, Achilles' beloved friend, saw the rout with horror. - Hector stripped his _ from him and casting his own aside and put on Achilles' armor. - Evening came, Achilles sat by his tent waiting for his beloved friend to return. - Nestor's son was running towards him; he was weeping hot tears as he ran. - His mother knew his sorrow and came up to try to comfort him.

- Father Zeus hung his golden balances and set in one the lot of Hector's death and in the other that of Achilles. - The — which the gods call — took part and strove down to drown Achilles. - The gods by now were fighting too. - Zeus sitting apart in Olympus laughed pleasantly to himself when he saw

- Athena felling — to the ground. - Hera seizing the bow of — from her shoulders and boxing her ears with it this way and that. - Poseidon provoking — with taunting words to strike him first.

- The Sun-god refused the challenge. He knew it was of no use now to fight for —. - From the gates King Priam, his father, and his mother Hecuba cried to him to come within and save himself. Hector replied… - On came Achilles and beside him was —, but Hector was alone for Apollo had left him to his fate.