what started the trojan wars?

Answer 1

That ***** Helen of Troy.

Answer 2

Trojan War, in Greek mythology, war between the Greeks and the people of Troy. The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. When Menelaus demanded her return, the Trojans refused. Menelaus then persuaded his brother Agamemnon to lead an army against Troy. At Aulis, troopships gathered, led by the greatest Greek heroes—Achilles, Patroclus, Diomed, Odysseus, Nestor, and the two warriors named Ajax. In order to win favorable winds for the journey, Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to Artemis. The winds came and the fleet set sail for Troy. For nine years the Greeks ravaged Troy's surrounding cities and countryside, but the city itself, well fortified and commanded by Hector and other sons of the royal household, held out. Finally the Greeks built a large hollow wooden horse in which a small group of warriors were concealed. The other Greeks appeared to sail for home, leaving behind only the horse and Sinon, who deceitfully persuaded the Trojans, despite the warnings of Cassandra and Laocoön, to take the horse within the city walls. At night the Greeks returned; their companions crept out of the horse and opened the city gates, and Troy was destroyed. The gods took great interest in the war. Poseidon, Hera, and Athena aided the Greeks, while Aphrodite and Ares favored the Trojans. Zeus and Apollo, although frequently involved in the action of the war, remained impartial. The events of the final year of the war constitute the main part of the Iliad of Homer. The Trojan War probably reflected a real war (c.1200 B.C.) between the invading Greeks and the people of Troas, possibly over control of trade through the Dardanelles.


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Answer 3

Back when the city of Troy was built, the king of Troy, at that time, asked the god Poseidon for his help in protecting Troy. The king asked Poseidon if he could build a wall around Troy that was impenetrable and would protect Troy from all foes that would otherwise try to destroy the city. In return, the king of Troy promised to compensate Poseidon for his services. But after the wall was built around the city of Troy, by Poseidon, the king refused to compensate the God for his work. So the god Poseidon withdrew his protection of the city and left Troy vulnerable to any attacks.

Many years later, the serving queen of Troy had a dream about the destruction of her city. She dreamed that her unborn child would destroy Troy. After the birth of her baby boy, she was foretold by a prophet that her son, Paris would grow up to destroy the city of Troy. For fear that the prophecy told to her would come true, the queen abandoned her son, Paris in a field. But the baby did not die. The infant was saved by nearby shepherds who raised Paris as their own. Paris grew up to be a shepherd and eventually worked for the queen in the city of Troy. Neither knew who the other one was.

At one of the queen’s parties, in which the gods were always invited, the god Zeus called upon Paris to judge the beauty of the three Goddesses, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. The three were arguing as to who was the most beautiful. They each promised and tried to bribe Paris into choosing them. Paris choose Aphrodite for she promised him the possession of Helen of Sparta’s love. Helen of Sparta was Menelaos’ wife. It was here that Paris was also told of his true heritage.

So Paris went to Troy and claimed his right as the true Prince. Then he went off to Sparta, seduced and abducted Helen and returned to Troy. When Menelaos found out what had happened, he vowed to conquer Troy. With the help of Athena, who wanted revenge on Paris, Menelaos tried for nine years to penetrate Troy’s wall. The Trojan War continued until Athena gave the warriors a plan.

The next morning, the Trojans found all of Menelaos’ warriors had disappeared and all but one injured man and a large wooden horse were left. The Trojans brought the man and the horse inside and the man told a tale of how the warriors had built the horse to honor Athena because they had angered her. Then he said they all fled in fear of her. The Trojans wanted very much to please the angered Goddess so they left the horse in the center of the city. That night, Menelaos’ warriors crept out of the wooden horse and killed all but a few people.

The city of Troy was destroyed just as the prophecy had stated. Paris had caused the Trojan War and brought the city to its destruction.

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Answer 4

I believe that was when Sheik lowered their prices, forcing the people at Trojan to respond in kind.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

If you believe myth, Helen.

If you believe geopolitics, Troy was in a position to control access to the Black Sea. It is always good to control choke points.

Answer 7

The Greeks for the love of their land

Answer 8

Lust.