The_Illiad

The Illiad The Illiad 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. Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigema. For more than nine years the Greeks besieged Troy unsuccessfully. It was then that the crafty Odysses stepped forward with a stratagem. Aided by the goddess Athena, he planned the construction of a huge wooden horse with enough room to contain 110 worriers. Secretly the best worriers were hidden inside. Then the rest of the Greeks boarded ship as though to set sail home in defeat. The Trojans thought the horse was a peace offering to Athena. One of the Trojan priests, Laocoon, illiad, greeks, troy, war, helen, set, gods, athena, years, worriers, very, trojans, trojan, tasks, story, ships, sail, rest, people, one, menelaus, king, horse, honor, home, hector, greek, goddess, direct, daughter, came, back, world, wooden