The Trojan War is the main issue of the Iliad by Homer, and its later
sequence is described in the Aeneid by Virgil. The war took place between
Achaeans and Trojans, and raged for ten years. As a consequence of the Judgment
of Paris , Helen (wife of the Spartan king Menelaus) was abducted by Paris (son
of king Priam of Troy). Through most of the war, because of Achilles'
withdrawal, Agamemnon ( king of the Achaeans and brother of Menelaus) was unable
to penetrate the fortified city of Troy. On the tenth year, Achilles joined the
Achaean's army and killed Hector, the Trojan prince. After the death of
Achilles, the Achaeans built a Wooden horse, filled it with warriors and brought
it into the city. Once the city was captured, it was destroyed by the Achaeans.
The Trojan king Priam and most of his family were killed, Cassandra, his
daughter, was raped and taken as slave to Greece, and Helen, whose abduction had
started the war, returned to Menelaus.
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