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by Ian Johnston of Malaspina
University-College The Legend of the Trojan War
1. The gods Apollo and
Poseidon, during a time when they were being punished by having to work among
men, built the city of Troy for Priam's father, Laomedon. They invited the
mortal man Aeacus (the son of Ze..."
by Ian Johnston of Malaspina
University-College The Legend of the Trojan War
1. The gods Apollo and
Poseidon, during a time when they were being punished by having to work among
men, built the city of Troy for Priam's father, Laomedon. They invited the
mortal man Aeacus (the son of Zeus and Aegina and grandfather of Achilles) to
help them, since destiny had decreed that Troy would one day be captured in a
place built by human hands (so a human being had to help them).
2. When newly constructed, Troy was attacked and captured by Herakles
(Hercules), Telamon (brother of Peleus and therefore the uncle of Achilles and
father of Telamonian Ajax and Teucros), and Peleus (son of Aeacus and father of
Achilles), as a punishment for the fact that Laomedon had not given Hercules a
promised reward of immortal horses for rescuing Laomedon's daughter Hesione.
Telamon killed Laomedon and took Hesione as a concubine (she was the mother of
Teucros).
3. Priam, King of Troy and son of Laomedon, had a son from his wife Hekabe (or
Hecuba), who dreamed that she had given birth to a flaming torch. Cassandra, the
prophetic daughter of Priam, foretold that the new-born son, Paris (also called
Alexandros or Alexander), should be killed at birth or else he would destroy the
city. Paris was taken out to be killed, but he was rescued by shepherds and grew
up away from the city in the farms by Mount Ida. As a young man he returned to
Troy to compete in the athletic games, was recognized, and returned to the royal
family.
4. Peleus (father of Achilles) fell in love with the sea nymph Thetis, whom
Zeus, the most powerful of the gods, also had designs upon. But Zeus learned of
an ancient prophecy that Thetis would give birth to a son greater than his
father, so he gave his divine blessing to the marriage of Peleus, a mortal king,
and Thetis. All the gods were invited to the celebration, except, by a
deliberate oversight, Eris, the goddess of strife. She came anyway and brought a
golden apple, upon which was written "For the fairest." Hera (Zeus's wife),
Aphrodite (Zeus's daughter), and Athena (Zeus's daughter) all made a claim for
the apple, and they appealed to Zeus for judgment. He refused to adjudicate a
beauty contest between his wife and two of his daughters, and the task of
choosing a winner fell to Paris (while he was still a herdsman on Mount Ida,
outside Troy). The goddesses each promised Paris a wonderful prize if he would
pick her: Hera offered power, Athena offered military glory and wisdom, and
Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman in the world as his wife. In the
famous Judgement of Paris, Paris gave the apple to Aphrodite...
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