The ILIAD and the ODYSSEY of Homer (COMPLETE) The Story of the GREATEST EPIC Adventures in Mythology

in distant Asia Minor a city shown whose name was Troy the wealth and Splendor of this Metropolis eclipsed all neighboring cities it also had magnificent walls built by the gods this Kingdom developed rapidly some people said that the city would become more developed than the legendary Atlantis but the spinning goddesses of Fate knew that the only similarity between Troy and Atlantis was their sad fate in Troy reigned prium alongside his wife hecuba he had already had his firstborn son Hector and the queen was pregnant again the night before the baby was born the queen had a terrible nightmare in this dream the city of Troy was burning in Flames the king visited the Oracle to try to understand the meaning of the dream the answer given by the Oracle was desperate it was said that the birth of the second child would ruin Troy on that same day hecuba gave birth to the child he was a strong and healthy baby boy but Priam just wanted to avoid that terrible prophecy the baby had to be sacrificed to safeguard his kingdom hecuba tried to protect her son whom she had named Alexander but could do nothing in the face of the king's will the baby was handed over to the shepherd agilus who was given the mission to kill the baby the shepherd took the baby to a forest at the foot of Mount Ida but when he arrived there he didn't have enough courage to carry out the task he put the baby on the ground and abandoned him to his fate after several days days the shepherd still had the image of the baby in his mind he decided to return to the place where he had abandoned him incredibly the baby was in good health suckled by a she bear the shepherd realized that the life of The Little Prince of Troy would not end prematurely for this was the will of the Gods agilus took the child and raised him as his son the baby was named Paris and grew up along with Ang's other Sons Paris became a man of impressive beauty also having great physical strength like his adoptive father he became a shepherd He had a bucolic life in the countryside his was the beautiful nymph oon who swore him eternal love his life did not seem fit for the prophesied destiny but he did not know that he was about to make a choice that would affect everyone around him [Music] young Paris while tending his flock noticed that one of his young Rams was straying away from the others heading for a cave he went to the cave to search for the Lost Ram but inside the cave Paris found something unbelievable there were three women with Divine Beauty the shepherd did not doubt that they could only be goddesses the young man did not know that he was about to make a decision that would change the fate of the world [Music] forever earlier that same day the nerad thetus married the hero paleas all the deities were invited to the marriage the gods satisfied themselves at a great and Lively banquet but one goddess was not invited ays the goddess of Discord she was Furious and deci to take revenge sitting at the banquet table Athena the goddess of wisdom Aphrodite the Goddess of love and Hera the queen of the gods were chatting amiably the goddess of Discord Flew Over the banquet table and dropped a beautiful golden apple between the goddesses on the beautiful Bud was the inscription to the most beautiful this apple would become known as the apple of discord the three God goddesses fought over the Apple after all each considered herself the most beautiful among the goddesses with his powerful Roar Zeus stopped the goddess's dispute he said that that attitude was not worthy of such important divinities Zeus thought of a way to solve the standoff he chose an impartial judge to elect the most beautiful of the goddesses the apple of discord was given to Hermes who would lead the goddesses to the judge of all the men in the world the young Shepherd Paris was chosen to settle the dispute he was not the wisest nor was he a great connoisseur of the concept of justice but the morai the women of Destiny had woven this future for him after learning of his task the goddesses were introduced to the shepherd I am Hara the wife of Zeus choose me as the most beautiful and I will make you the richest king in all Asia give you a palace as Splendid as Olympus I am Athena the goddess of war and wisdom choose me and you will be the greatest General ever instead of commanding herds you will lead armies and be known as a great conqueror and I am Aphrodite the Goddess of beauty and love my epithets would already guarantee me the title of the most beautiful of them all choose me and I will give you the love of the most beautiful woman in the world Aphrodite showed him the image of the beautiful princess Helen of Sparta paris's Heart Was Won by the desire to have that woman so beautiful that she could only be compared to the goddess of beauty herself thus the young Paris handed the golden apple to afrodite the goddess of beauty celebrated her Victory but resentment remained in the the hearts of the two unsuccessful goddesses the goddesses Athena and Hera vowed to take revenge on the Trojan Prince and the people of Troy would pay a great price for paris's choice the city of Sparta was celebrating the return of the princess Helen who had been kidnapped by the hero Theus but had been rescued by her twin brothers casor and Pollock Helen was looking for a Suitor and because of her beauty she was the most desired princess in Greece knowing that the beautiful Helen had reached the age to marry all the suitors went to Sparta her father King tendus of Sparta did not know which husband to choose for his daughter for any choice might offend the the others he was at a Crossroads among the nobles was Odus the king of the island of eitha known for his cunning and sagacious mind although he was the son of leres one of the Argonauts some said that he was actually the son of Copus the man so clever that he tricked the gods and even death [Music] in love with Penelope she was not as beautiful as Helen but she was much more intelligent the shrewd nobleman approached the king and made him a proposal he asked the Monarch to use his influence over his brother iarias to convince him to give Penelope's hand in marriage by doing this he would help the king resolve that difficult situation tarius aware of Odysseus's famous shrewdness readily accepted the proposal and odys told him what the Monarch would have to do after listening to odyss plan Helen's father spoke to the suitors with all solity the king said that he would not interfere with the will of the Gods therefore he would let princess Helen choose her husband the suitors cheered up those who thought they had little chance of being chosen by the king realized that there was a new window of opportunity but the king demanded that everyone would have to swear to accept Helen's decision and they would defend the sacredness of that marriage even if it led to war all the suitors accepted the Spartan King's proposal and took the oath sealed with the sacrifice of a horse Helen was allowed to choose her husband she carefully evaluated everyone among them the Bravest Warriors Kings and Nobles of Greece the only man unavailable was Agamemnon the powerful king of myin married to Clum nestra her sister until she saw Prince manalus so handsome that her knees trembled everything happened as odyusa Ithaca was sure that Helen would choose menus because he was undoubtedly the most attractive and odyusa Youthful naive which would cause her to choose the most handsome man but the cunning king of eith had a much more strategic Vision in allowing Helen to choose her husband menus was not just any nobleman he was the brother of Agamemnon the most powerful King in all Greece in this way the other suitors would never attempt to enter a contest for Helen for fear of the wrath of menaus and his powerful brother just as he promised aarius Penelope's father gave his daughter to the hero thus odyusa conquered one of Greece's most precious Treasures Helen and menus married and with the death of tarius the couple inherited the Throne of Sparta for several years the couple lived in relative Harmony and Princess Hermione was born of this Union but the kingdom of Sparta would be shaken by a [Music] storm king pre of Troy had more than 50 children among them were the twins Cassandra and helenus early in their infancy their father decided that they would be given to serve in the temple of Apollo one day when they were still children they both played in Apollo's Temple and forgot the time to return home as it was already late they decided to sleep in the temple during the night a serpent sent by Apollo licked the youngster's ears and thus they received the gift of Prophecy young Cassandra grew up to be a beautiful woman who marveled the god Apollo the god declared his love for the young girl but she rejected him Apollo managed to hide his anger at her rejection and asked her for only one kiss when the young woman brought her lips close to the God he spat in her mouth and cursed her Cassandra still had the power of Prophecy but had lost the power of persuasion in this way no one ever believed in her prophecies again Cassandra came to be seen and treated as crazy if poor Cassandra had not rejected the god Apollo the great bloodbath that was coming could have been avoided in Troy preparations were being made for the Annual Festival in honor of Prince Alexander of Troy who everyone believed had died the soldiers of the royalty went to Mount Ida in search of prizes for the winners of the festival games the guards chose the shepherd paris's favorite bull as a tribute for the games but he was unwilling to lose the animal he held so dear so he went to Troy to participate in the tournament and try to get his bull back oon the nymph who lived with Paris as if she were his wife prophesied if he left for Troy he would never have her in his arms again as he would cross the aan sea and find another woman who would win his heart and when he finally decided to seek oon again it would be too late the young Shepherd had never been to a city like Troy and was amazed at its Splendor and Grandeur he signed up for the games where he would fight against the best warriors of Troy among them were some of King priam's sons including Hector the Crown Prince the daring Shepherd beat each of his opponents in the tournament including some of King priam's sons Paris made it to the final of the tournament where he would face Hector the bravest Trojan Warrior the fight between the lost son of Priam and his Heir and champion of Troy was close but unbelievably Paris defeated the mighty Hector diap fobus also King priam's son was Furious to see a Shepherd humiliate the Royal House of Troy he and his followers took up their weapons and attacked Paris the shepherd fled and found shelter in Zeus's Temple Cassandra the discredited prophetes who had already recognized her brother and knew that he would lead Troy to ruin cried out for them to Kill Paris but instead of listening to Cassandra's cries king prium and queen hecuba asked the pursuers of Paris to stay away the queen approached Paris and through tears recognized that this was her son whom she thought was dead agilus the Foster father of Paris confessed that he didn't dare to kill the Prince when he was just a baby and that the morai would have chosen a different fate for him agilus showed the rattle made by hecuba for her baby and all doubts about the prince's identity were dispelled the parents of Paris in tears embraced their reborn son and everyone celebrated the return of the Trojan [Music] Prince it had been 10 years since Paris had regained his position as Prince of Troy suddenly an Entourage from Sparta docked at a location near Troy menaus the King of Sparta was leading the Greek Entourage which asked permission to take the remains of Greek warriors who were still there from the conflict between the aans and the Trojans Paris was responsible for Hospitality receiving the visitors according to Trojan tradition the Greeks were very pleased with the welcome before leaving menaus stated that he wanted to pay the prince's hospitality and invited him to visit Sparta prium the king of Troy was missing his sister hesion who had been kidnapped by the Greeks when Hercules attacked Troy the king decided to organize a squadron that would leave for Greece to recover the King's sister who was at salamis the Monarch allowed all necessary means to be used to accomplish his mission the command of the expedition was given to Prince Paris who would have the help of anas Prince of dardanis with the help of the goddess Aphrodite the winds drove the Trojan ships toward the Spartan Coast Paris took advantage of the invitation extended by menus to improve his relationship with Sparta and reestablish his forces before setting sail for salamis where the sister of the king of Troy was King menaus was very pleased and welcomed the Trojans wanting to show the best of Greek Hospitality menaus was very proud of his beautiful wife and so he ordered her to wear her most beautiful attire to be presented before the Trojan Entourage Paris was amazed to find the beautiful queen Helen she could only be the woman who Aphrodite had promised her love the naive Queen did not know that OS was spying on her with his bow at the behest of Aphrodite Helen was also surprised by the charm and beauty of the prince from Asia he was more handsome than all the Greeks she had ever seen menaus was perhaps the most handsome of the Greek Kings but his Beauty was eclipsed by Paris who had an almost Divine pulchritude the Queen's heart was pierced by one of aros's arrows and Helen suddenly fell in love with the Trojan Prince the following days were marked by feasts and banquets promoted by the King of Sparta in honor of his Noble Trojan guests far from the king's eyes a flame warmed the hearts of the Trojan Prince and the queen of [Music] Sparta but as if fate was written a piece of news from the island of cre facilitated ated the Fulfillment of Aphrodite's promise krius menelaus's grandfather and king of cre had died so menaus left to be present at the funeral in creit but he left his guest in the care of the queen who would reign in his place as soon as the King of Sparta left Paris and Helen materialized all the repressed passion the adulterous couple was consumed by a passionate Madness the prince of Troy and the queen of Sparta decided to flee together to Troy Paris would still commit one last sin against menelaus's Hospitality he gathered his men to rob the treasury of Sparta the palace's small defensive line was surprised and could do nothing to protect their King's Treasures the population of Sparta revolted against the Trojans and tried to prevent The Escape of Paris who was attempting to kidnap their Queen they hurled stones and arrows but protected by the Trojan guard the couple managed to Embark safely the Trojan Squadron left Sparty behind carrying on its deck a great treasure in Gold Silver and jewels the couple of lovers seemed satisfied and believed to be on their way to happiness but the trail left by the lovers was followed by Aries the god of war and his Sinister retinue Paris and Helen would bring war death and despair to Troy Helen's abduction would be the trigger for the beginning of a conflict that would be sung about for Millennia to come the war of Troy was beginning Queen Helen of Sparta and the Trojan Prince Paris docked on the island of and I near the coast of pelan they were drunk with passion instilled by Aros and wished to materialize that feeling Paris and Helen had their first night of Love on the beaches of Kai meanwhile the other Trojans were having fun with the treasures stolen from menaus but the news quickly reached cre where menus and his brother Agamemnon were still mourning the body of their grand grandfather menaus felt an enormous Fury and thirst for Revenge Agamemnon tried to calm his brother and assured him that he would do everything possible to enforce the oath that the Greek Nobles took when Helen chose manaus as her husband in The Glorious city of myin Greece dozens of Warlords entered through the legendary lion gate and made themselves available to fulfill the oath before Agamemnon and menus they made their Warriors available these Nobles had various motives some were motivated by honor others SE to profit from the plunder of the rich city of Troy and others above all desired Glory a gigantic Army was formed with the goal of rescuing the Spartan Queen but the wise Nester was an Old King who had already participated in the most varied missions he knew that they couldn't leave for Troy without recruiting the cunning King odyusa the small island of Ithaca was not very wealthy and its few soldiers were not renowned but its King was known to be clever an attribute that could make a huge difference during the Greek campaign against Troy Odus led a full life with his beautiful beautiful wife Penelope with whom he had a son named Telus when odyusa to fight Troy he knew that someone would soon summon him the king of Ithaca had no desire to leave his kingdom and family to take part in an uncertain Adventure so he decided to visit the Oracle if he were told that the war would be short and that he would return safe and sound he would participate in the mission but if the prophecy said otherwise odyusa the old soothsayer prophesied if [Music] [Music] odyusa decided to do everything possible to prevent his going to Troy odyusa had gone crazy spread throughout hos the news reached the Kings who were gathered around Agamemnon saddening them but palamedes the king of uboya who was almost as intelligent as odyusa palamedes melanous and Agamemnon left for Ithaca to check on odys situation they were greeted upon arrival by the beautiful Penelope with her son Telus on her lap she seemed saddened by her husband's situation odys worked the land with a plow pulled by an ox and a donkey an unusual combination in addition he sewed the land with salt menaus and Agamemnon found that odyusa despite that grotesque scene was not convinced he took the hero's son from his mother's arms and placed him in front of the path odyusa the king of Ithaca stopped the animals abruptly so as not to run over his son proving that his Madness was just a trick odyusa furiously at palamedes as he returned his son to his mother's arms [Music] [Music] odyusa with unparalleled courage together with the two sons of atraeus Odus left for war leaving behind his beloved wife and little son odyusa for having unmasked him as soon as there was an opportunity he would take revenge on on the king of uboya for putting his son at risk and driving the patriarch away from his family meanwhile odyusa of pes's famous son named [Music] Achilles Achilles had barely come of age however despite his youth he was already recognized as the best Greek warrior Achilles was the son of King pus of thessaly with thetus a sea deity there was a myth that claimed his invulnerability when he was a baby his mother immersed him in the sacred River sticks due to this ritual he would be protected by the gods his only weak point was his heel which did not touch the water of the Sacred River Achilles grew up and together with his faithful friend patrias was trained by the the Centaur Chiron the renowned trainer of Heroes to become The Greatest Warrior of his time Greek preparation for war was Advanced but King Agamemnon knew that the helenes would not leave for Troy without their greatest hero the divver kulus had predicted that without Achilles among the aans victory in Troy would be impossible odyusa learning of this prophecy set out in search of Achilles the hero of Ithaca strongly desired the success of this Expedition so that he could return safe and sound to his land where he would meet again his beloved Penelope and his son telarus teus knew about the prophecy which claimed that if her son fought at Troy he would never return alive and making use of matriarchal power she ordered Achilles to hide in the court of King lomes there he would dress as a woman and mingle among the countless Daughters of the king receiving the name of pyra in this court also lived the princess Damia achilles' girlfriend with whom he already had a 4-year-old son his name was neus nicknamed pyus following some Clues odyusa who received him with with every hospitality and introduced him to his many daughters among them was Achilles in Disguise the king of Ithaca had with him gifts for L ames's daughters on a table he placed jewelry Egyptian nakup perfumes mirrors silk and a sword the girls were excited to see the gifts they began to try the gifts and odys noticed that one had her eyes fixed on the sword suddenly one of odys men ran into the palace shouting that they were being attacked by Pirates the girls screamed hysterically running to their rooms but Achilles instinctively grabbed his sword and assumed a fighting stance there were no Pirates it was all a ploy organized by odys and in this way the crossdressing hero was unmasked Achilles feeling ashamed that he had been exposed was pleased to be summoned to head for Troy along with the other Greek Heroes he had remained hidden only by the action of his Divine mother Achilles B farewell to the princess Damia and his son pyus this little boy was destined to achieve glories almost as great as those of his father Achilles promised dsus that he would gather his men and join agamemnon's army to achieve glory in front of the walls of [Music] Troy while Agamemnon was managing the last preparations before leaving with his gigantic Army towards Troy he decided to send an embassy to the court of King Priam of Troy on a diplomatic Mission the Greek delegation included the astute Odus of Ithaca palamedes of the island of uboya and menus King of Sparta the arrival of the helenic Entourage surprised the entire Trojan Court until that moment news of Helen's abduction had not yet reached Troy the Greek Heroes demanded an audience with King Priam to deal with their Prince's terrible offenses prium received the emissaries in his Palace believing that the litigants would ask for the rescue of Princess Hesson after all that was was the purpose of the mission imposed on Paris although odyusa palamedes was the leader of the Entourage palomides was known to have the gift of speech and to have a silver tongue he was so good with words that he was the inventor of several letters of the Greek alphabet the leader of the Entourage presented his case to the king of Troy exposing the crime against Hospitality committed by Paris who kidnapped his host's wife and stole his treasures palamedes demanded that the king of Troy peacefully return the queen of Sparta to her husband and he threatened to take the war into Trojan territory if King agamemnon's demands were not met at that moment priam's sons took up their swords feeling offended at the Greek threat but Priam ordered the princes to put away their swords as the Greek nobles were only messengers of King Agamemnon King prium claimed to be un aware of his son's actions and said that the Greek Queen was not hiding in his court the king also said that the Greeks had no morals to support such demands after all in the recent past Hercules had kidnapped the princess hesion of Troy taking her to Greece Priam said he would return Helen to the Greeks if they would return his sister whom he had not seen for a long time palamedes emphasized that the great king agamemnon's term terms were non-negotiable hesion lives happily in salamis where she reigned alongside her husband having sent her beloved Son tucr to join the huge helenic Army to turn the walls of Troy into dust trying to keep calm Priam said that given the case Queen Helen of Sparta would be returned to her Homeland if she appeared at court and that was her wish otherwise she would have Asylum and protection in Troy odsa realized that palamedes was only increasing the animosity between the two peoples the king of Ithaca tried to lessen the tension of palamides and priam's speeches he upon entering Troy had realized that the city was a real Fortress and the walls built by Apollo and Poseidon were practically impenetrable a Siege of that City would make the war last for years therefore odys tried to get palamedes and prium to come to a reasonable agreement but the Trojan King had his pride wounded by palamedes his threats who sowed seeds of Aris in pri's Heart The Diplomatic Mission failed war was around the corner and the hatred odys is felt for palamedes grew his rival squandered the opportunity to keep peace between the two peoples in Greece several Kings presented themselves at Alis where the great Army was forming these Kings gathered there to fulfill the oath sealed among the Nobles who swore to defend the marriage of menaus and Helen of Sparta and to fulfill that oath the Nobles sent their ships and best warriors to form the greatest army the Greek world had ever seen the helenes wished that Nemesis and the arones would be on the Greek side in their quest for revenge and retribution fed by the injury to Paris the Trojan prince who had violated the enforced laws of Zeus by kidnapping the beautiful queen Helen all the resources and supplies needed to further the Endeavor against the Trojans were gathered and diplomatic efforts to avoid a full-scale conflict had failed war was about to break out the order was given for all commanders and men to prepare to depart as soon as the wind conditions were favorable the mighty Army would leave for Asia all the armies were mobilized but a great calm was felt on the beaches of byis the wind necessary for the departure stopped blowing not even a simple Breeze seemed to help the efforts of the aans several windless days passed the soldiers who had long been waiting began to grow impatient the temporary camps had not been planned for such a long stay Supply problems and disease proliferation began to lower the morale of the combatants some soldiers died in gloriously without having set foot on TR land discontent was General it seemed that the gods were not willing to favor the Greeks in their goals all kinds of rumors began to circulate through the camp to prevent the situation from getting completely out of control the Nobles decided to turn to a well-known sear his name was calus the priest was appointed as the official Seer of the Greek army at that time no Army had the courage to go off to war without a sear capable of interpreting the opes of the Gods by observing the flight of birds and examining the entrails of animals sacrificed to the gods these priests were able to communicate with the gods and through the prophetic powers granted by Apollo these men were able to reveal the wishes of the Gods the men gathered around and watched calus apprehensively as he looked to the sky for a message from the gods the Sear's Serene expression quickly changed to a sorrowful countenance The Seer addressed the crowd and revealed the will of the Gods he stated that such Tranquility was not just a meteorological phenomenon the absence of wind was a reprisal of the Goddess aremis against Agamemnon the king son of Atrius had killed one of the deer consecrated to the goddess Artemis during a hunt and as if that were not enough Agamemnon had the courage to say that not even the goddess of hunting could kill that creature with such a sharp blow offended the goddess demanded that the winds sto blowing on the shores of aulus until the great king was reconciled with the goddess to do that he would have to sacrifice what he loved most his beautiful young daughter Eugenia great sorrow struck all who heard those Omens but no one would suffer more than Agamemnon [Music] the great Camp of the Greek army was exceedingly silent the terrible Omen uttered by The Seer calus affected all the aans after all to demand of a man the sacrifice of his beloved daughter seemed [Music] inconceivable in his tent the great Sovereign Agamemnon was dismayed at his terrible fate imposed by the ladies of Destiny his greatest desire had always been to have all the Greek Nobles under his command seeking a common goal but he was not prepared to pay the horrendous price needed to fulfill his Ambitions the king of my talked to his brother menus and said that he would not sacrifice his beloved daughter just to rescue his brother's wife who had been kidnapped by the Trojans and he stated that his wife Clum nestra would never allow one of her daughters to be sacrificed menaus who initially understood his brother's pain was more incisive showing the truth that his brother's pain did not allow him to decipher he said that the thousands of men who were there were someone's sons and that that father sent his most precious treasure to fight and sacrifice for the honor of the people these Patriarchs put into his hands the most formidable generation of young men that Greece had ever produced to shed their sweat and blood for the glory and pride of their land the most powerful man in Greece wept like a child while his brother tried to console him he knew that there was no other way but to carry out the will of the Gods Agamemnon knew that his wife would not agree with that decision so he decided to deceive her in his letter to the queen Agamemnon called for the presence of the princess Eugenia in the military Camp to celebrate her marriage to the renowned hero Achilles menaus and the other Greeks were pleased with agamemnon's brave decision but odyusa suspicious in the evening another messenger hastily departed from the tent of the Paramount Chief unaware that menus and dsus were watching him they intercepted the messenger carrying a message for the queen of my s ordering her not to bring her daughter to the shores of aulus a short time later ifigeneia and queen Clum nestra arrived at the camp of the aans they realized that the reception was very different from what they had imagined as it resembled a funeral Agamemnon pressed his daughter against his chest and many tears fell from his eyes the princess was surprised as she had never seen seen her father cry the queen told her not to worry as he was thrilled to give his beloved daughter to another man suddenly in a fluke Achilles passed nearby and seeing him the queen congratulated the man on his betrothal but Achilles did not seem to understand what was happening as he had not established any marriage Achilles quickly realized agamemnon's plot the latter had used Achilles name to lure his daughter into sacrifice feeling outraged he revealed the whole truth to the queen Clum nestra knelt at achilles' feet and taking his hand begged him to defend her daughter against such a treacherous act Achilles assured the queen that he would defend ifigeneia and her honor even if it cost him his life the queen ran to agamemnon's tent where the priests who would organize the sacrifice were already gathered Clum nestra embraced her daughter to protect her and told her everything her father had prepared the young princess could not believe that her father would be capable of such a thing ifag Genia begged her father not to let them sacrifice her as she was innocent and had nothing to do with that dispute but consumed with sorrow Agamemnon said that it was the will of the Gods and before them even the mightiest of Kings was powerless Achilles suddenly entered the tent sword drawn and said that no one would touch the princess while he was alive he also said that if they killed him the whole Expedition would be ruined as it was prophesied that the Greeks would only achieve Victory if he fought on the walls of Troy the young princess seemed to be moved by the wisdom of the Gods and achilles put down his sword she said she would agree to be sacrif riced for on this depended the lives of all the Greek warriors and of the sons of Greece who would shed their blood on Trojan soil she would give her blood on behalf of all the women of Greece ailles took epag genia's hands and told her that she was the most virtuous woman he had ever known he added that he would have had the highest of honors if he had been her husband if that had been the will of the Gods if Jia asked her mother to forgive her father as he had no other choice but to obey the will of the Gods the whole Army was moved to see the princess haughtily climb the stairs that led to the altar of sacrifice Agamemnon placed the dagger around the neck of his daughter who calmly offered it she asked the goddess Artemis to accept the Supreme sacrifice on behalf of all Greece the king letting out a great Cry of pain slashed the neck of his beloved daughter shortly afterward Agamemnon laid the inert body of ifigeneia on the altar a strong wind began to blow towards Troy and the thousands of warriors on the beaches of aulus celebrated the heroic sacrifice of Princess Eugenia Agamemnon still covered in his daughter's blood swore that Troy would be ruined and that he would use its Ashes to build a monument to eugenia's sacrifice after the sacrifice of igia the Greek Armada was finally ready to head for Troy their ships were stocked and the men were eager to begin their Journey calus had made the last sacrifices to the gods to ensure a safe journey suddenly the sear observed on the branch of the tree tree above his head a snake approaching a nest with eight Sparrow Lings and their mother the serpent devoured all the birds and calus revealed to the Greeks the meaning of that Omen he said that the sons of Priam would fall one by one eventually the city of Troy would succumb before the courage of the sons of helus at that moment all the Warriors celebrated but they did not hear the rest of the prediction it would take nine long years of siege for the city to fall in the 10th with the help of favorable winds the giant Greek Armada crossed the aian sea towards Troy more than 1200 ships filled with Warriors set sail from the beaches of alus punish Troy after the humiliation caused by the enemies who had kidnapped Queen Helen of Sparta Agamemnon the commander of the Greek army wanted Revenge but he was also motivated by greed he wanted The Spoils of War to make him richer and more powerful other Heroes like Achilles aimed to achieve glory on the battlefields and place their name marked Among the Stars odyusa and his family several other Warriors wanted to Triumph on the Trojan Battlefield among them was the gigantic Ajax of Salamis and diamides of Argos another famous warrior of that time destined to make his Mark in the conflict was philes he was a faithful friend of Hercules and received from the Great Hero his magnificent bow and arrows Poisoned With The hydra's Blood while Hercules was in agony although he was destined for great achievements a huge Misfortune struck the hero as he was leaving the ship to stock it up with supplies for the journey in the middle of the grass a snake suddenly emerged which attacked Phil's leg some say that the snake was carrying out orders from Hera who was punishing him for befriending Hercules an enemy of the Goddess the hero was helped back to the boat by his friends feeling terrible pain his wound caused a black spot to spread down his leg the pain was so great that poor Philo couldn't stop screaming in pain the putrid odor of the hero's wound in addition to philo's endless screams and groans Disturbed The Sailors and Warriors of the neighboring ships odyusa crumbling which could be a tragedy for the Expedition odyusa ties' ship to dock on the island of lnos where the hero would disembark philes was left on the beach by odys his men along with his bow and quiver and some supplies the experienced hero and his special bow would have been an important help in the great battles that followed the Greeks even came to regret having abandoned him far away Prince Paris was finally returning to Troy with the beautiful Helen by his side although they were a struck by the beauty of the Spartan Queen the people regarded her harshly for they knew she carried with her the Pains of the god Aries and his Sinister retinue the Trojan Nobles and princes did not want Paris and his prey to settle in the Royal Palace but when they saw the treasures stolen from Sparta which were to be distributed between them and the Beautiful Greek women accompanying Helen who could be their concubines the Nobles quickly changed their minds welcoming the prince Queen hecuba at the King's request asked Helen if she was reporting to court of her own free will Helen assured her that she was there out of genuine love for Prince Paris and that her life was in danger because of the enormous hatred the Greeks had for her after that answer King prium ensured that she remained under his protection granting her Trojan citizenship from that day on she became known as Helen of Troy the huge Greek Squadron was heading for the Trojan Shores thousands of Greek warriors wished to achieve glory in front of the mighty City Gates on the beach Hector the Trojan Prince commanded the Royal Army on behalf of his father King prium they aimed to push the Greeks back into the sea but they were not prepared to face an army of that size the ships of the aans had already reached the beach although it was a great honor to be the first to invade Trojan lands the Greeks hesitated for a prophecy said that the first man to set foot on Trojan lands during the war would also be the first to leave for the kingdom of Hades odyusa that something had to be done quickly so he threw his shield onto the sand and jumped on it without touching the Trojan Sands the king of Ithaca asked his compatriots to disembark and conquer the beaches before before Hector's Army was reinforced odyusa fired by the Trojans and his courage persuaded the men to disembark protalus son of the Old King eacles was the first Greek to set foot on the beaches of Troy proestos filled himself with courage and led his men to conquer the beach he Advanced and defeated several Trojan Warriors who stood in his way but his enormous bravery brought him face to face with the mighty Hector the champion of Troy the two Heroes measured their strength but Protelos would fulfill the prophecy Hector took his life and Protelos was the first Greek to fall on Trojan soil Achilles and his army of mermans attacked the Left Flank of the enemy Army the superiority of the Warriors of the son of thetus made the men of Troy tremble but but Achilles soon met his first great challenge the Warrior's name was pynus a mighty demigod son of Poseidon it was said that he could not be killed with a spear or sword Arrow or stone he was practically invulnerable Achilles felt pleased to duel with a foe who could match his abilities the son of pelus hurled his spear with all his might against pes's chest but the spear bounced off the demigods bronze breastplate which was given to him by hephestus the lord of the forges the son of the lord of the Seas also threw his spear which was blocked by Achilles the force of the throw was so great that it went right through the shield Achilles took his sword and advanced against the Trojan Ally but the opponent grabbed the sword with his hand and responded with strong headbutts the leader of the mermans was stunned while sickness Advanced with his Club in hand the son of Poseidon was ready to smash the head of the champion of the aans suddenly Achilles anticipated the deadly attack with a blow with his shield taking advantage of the enemy's disorientation the hero leaped onto his back and initiated a strangle hold the strong pyus already strengthless bent his knees before the great power of achilles' arms the demigod died and would not be the first great warrior to fall before the mighty Achilles Hector realizing that he did not have enough numbers to contain the horde of Invaders ordered his men to retreat and take cover Behind the Walls the Greeks celebrate their first great Victory against the Trojans the conquest of the Trojan beaches was strategically important to the campaign and their victory was accomplished with few losses a large funeral PIR was erected to honor protalus the brave Warrior who was the first Greek to set foot on those lands on behalf of the army of the aans he would be the first of many to die on the battlefields in the name of Greek honor the Greeks had already conquered the beaches of ilam and the previous day's Victory raised the morale of all the aan Warriors who believe D in a quick Victory against Troy in agamemnon's tent the main leaders talked about an immediate assault on the walls of Troy pondering whether this would be the most correct strategy the moment seemed favorable and the Trojans courage should be shaken Agamemnon declared that contrary to what the oracles had predicted Troy would fall easily and they would return home quickly the Warlords left the tent determined to stormed the Trojan Citadel that very day in his Chariot Agamemnon guided the gigantic Army toward the walls of Troy everyone marched with unwavering determination but they still had no real sense of the obstacle they would encounter the city of Troy was not defended by an ordinary wall it was higher and sturdier than any other Fortress in the world this work of engineering could not have been made by human hands its Builders were the gods Apollo and Poseidon contrary to what the aans thought the Trojan infantry stayed behind the wall prepared to face the Greeks once again above the walls hundreds of archers provided cover for the troops below with no fear in their hearts the Greeks Advanced against their enemies and a rain of arrows fell on their heads the Trojans fought in a tight defense formation while the Greek army was made weaker and weaker by the arrows falling from the sky the Greek generals realized that a direct assault on Troy was impossible at that moment and ordered their troops to withdraw the Trojan Commander Hector and his men celebrated after their first victory over the Greeks showing their opponents that they would fight to the death to defend their homes and families unable to attack the walls directly the Greeks opted for besieging the city and forcing it to surrender through starvation but this strategy was not as successful as expected Troy was a huge City and had several allies in the region who supplied the city with reinforcements and strategic resources therefore the Greek blockade did not work efficiently among the Greeks a rumor spread of a new prophecy that could change the fate of the war he Hector son of King prium always LED his men in the front line but he had a younger brother named trus this was a boy but his incredible skills could lead him to a glorious Destiny the boy was an excellent Archer on the ramp Parts he displayed his talent shooting his enemies with perfect accuracy he was also a formidable Horsemen riding the fast Trojan horses without saddle or Reigns the Intrepid boy would ride out of Troy into the countryside unafraid of the enemies around him a prophecy said that if troilus reached the age of 20 he would take the place of Hector and Lead Troy to Victory not to allow the consummation of the omen the mighty Achilles volunteered to hunt down the young man who threatened the Greek's effort troilus often took his horse to drink at Apollo's Fountain a sacred place with which no Greek would dare to vilify for fear of the God's Fury but Upon returning to Troy he found a terrible surprise in Disguise Achilles ambushed the boy as he was returning troilus turned around and tried to return to the spring but Achilles the light-footed warrior ran after him and had his horse not been so fast he would have been caught up just as the boy was about to reach the fountain his chest was pierced by achilles' spear the ruthless Warrior put the young boy's body back on his horse and sent him on his way to Troy upon seeing the boy's dead body the whole city wept as if the hero Hector himself had died one of the Trojans hopes had simply vanished after the failure of the assault on the walls of Troy the Greeks realized that a long Siege of the city would be necessary to make the Trojans fall to their knees days went by and boredom took hold of the Greek troops in a NeverEnding wait this discouragement could destroy the soldiers morale in the long term the cunning palamedes much admired by the soldiers invented the game of dice and the men were able to entertain themselves and pass the time the Greeks began sending military expeditions to weaken Troy's neighbors and allies who often sent supplies and men to reinforce the Trojan positions the heroic aans who took part in these Adventures had as their greatest desire to plunder the treasures of these cities and to improve their positions compared to the other Greek Chieftains meanwhile on the beaches of Ilan the stocks of food for the troops were dangerously low but with the return of palamides and his Fleet with grain oil and meat from thce this critical situation was settled the soldiers chanted songs in honor of palamedes he in the eyes of the common men was the only nobleman who cared about the welfare of the plebs Agamemnon began to feel threatened by palamedes growing prestige carried on his shoulders by the people but suddenly rumors emerged that cast doubt on palamedes is loyalty to the Greek cause no one knows from where these rumors emerged that accused palamedes of being a traitor because of these suspicions evidence was sought in palamedes tent agamemnon's men tried to find evidence of this supposed treason good amount of Trojan gold Agamemnon read everyone the contents of a message that thanked them for the information passed on to Troy and the message contained the Seal of the Trojan Royal House this message was supposed to have been found in the hands of a Trojan messenger palamedes struggled as he was stopped by agamemnon's Men He shouted that the whole thing was just a setup Greek Chiefs demanded that he confess and others called him a traitor palamedes was tied to a pole and sentenced to death by stoning the most degrading and dishonorable way to die before ordering the execution Agamemnon asked palamedes if he wished to say his last words he said that he was not afraid of death but that he felt sorry for the truth which would die before him palamedes was stoned and his body would have been thrown to the dogs and vultures had it not been for the intervention of Achilles and Ajax pes's father feeling outraged took his son's entire Army back to Greece and promised to tell his countrymen of all the wrongdoings committed by the Greeks in their campaign abroad he would spread news that while the wives of the Greek Chieftain suffered lonely at home their husbands delighted in the beautiful and enslaved female enemies treating them as their true wives they would punish their husbands for adultery and the most passionate ones even took their own [Music] lives the city of Troy had Allied troops from all over the region the goal was to prepare a great Counterattack against the Greek troops besieging the city on the horizon a huge contingent of reinforcements emerged it was the army of the dardanians led by old anchises brother of King prium and his son anas who commanded his father's soldiers on the battlefield from the top of the walls the population waved and celebrated the arrival of the dardanians shouting the name of anas who is reputed to be a great warrior anas had Divine blood in his veins and the prophecies indicated that he would have a glorious future anas was the son of Aphrodite the god of beauty and love who always watched over the safety of her mortal son the goddess of love could arouse passions in the hearts of men and even Gods Zeus the supreme god of Olympus had excessive passion in his heart making him an easy target for the influence of the goddess of love and her son AOS his love affairs with deities and beautiful Mortals were countless this aroused the fury of Hera his wife Aphrodite was pleased to know that even the Lord of Olympus could not resist her powers Zeus decided that aphrodite should taste her own poison and forced AOS to use his arrows to make Aphrodite fall in love with a mortal the goddess fell in love with anes a member of the Trojan royal family who was tending her flock Aphrodite properly disguised visited the Trojan nobleman's tent during the night and he was astonished by the visit of such a beautiful woman anes suspected that that beautiful woman was a goddess and knew that it was inappropriate for a mere mortal to wish to possess a deity the humility shown by anisus aroused even more passion in Aphrodite the Goddess pretended to be a princess from the region of FIA who had been instructed by the gods to marry the Trojan nobleman and establish a strong alliance between the two peoples convinced that this was the will of the Gods anisus gave in to aphrodites charms the couple had a night of intense love at Daybreak anisus awoke and saw the goddess without any disguise he was astounded at such beauty but a great fear quickly ravaged his heart he remembered acon who dared to spy on the beautiful goddess Artemis while she was bathing that sight caused the goddess of the hunt to impose a terrible punishment on him Aphrodite calmed the noble troan saying that he should not worry for he had committed no sin everything that had happened to him had been the will of the Gods and to her and kisses and his descendants were very important the goddess assured him that from that Union the heir to Troy would be born and under his leadership the seed of a new nation would would be planted that would bring all the opposing ones to their knees Aphrodite knew that her Union with a mere mortal would forever be a stain on her reputation and so she asked anisus never to reveal the True Mother of her son anias the fruit of this tainted Union anisus kept the secret for many years time passed and while fraternizing with his friends and relatives because of alcohol anes boasted about his son anas and revealed the prophecy that spoke about the Glorious future of his son all thanks to his Divine mother the goddess Aphrodite Zeus upon learning that anisus was boasting of his Union with a goddess hurled one of his thunderbolts at the noble Trojan anisus survived but was crippled for Life his son with the goddess of beauty and love grew up and his strength and Beauty reflected his divine origin Hector and Paris were very pleased with the arrival of the dardanians but because of the rumors of the prophecy predicting the glory of anas King prium distrusted anas for he feared that he would take over the throne from his sons however he also knew that without anas and his men defeating the Greeks would be an almost impossible task the siege of Troy had been a an ongoing episode for many years and the last months had been marked only by battles and skirmishes the inhabitants of Troy were going through hardships but there was no sign of any surrender but during this period the Greeks didn't just stand by their Heroes commanded expeditions to attack and plunder the Allied cities of Troy Achilles sacked 23 enemy cities where he plundered many Treasures resources and made plenty of slaves some cities offered no resistance to the Invaders and were easily conquered their people were spared the Wrath of the aans but others tried to stand their ground and refused to yield before the enemies on the Island of Lesbos there was a great struggle for the taking of the city of metha the Defenders fought fiercely against the mermans of Achilles The Defenders managed with great effort to repeal the Invaders meanwhile from the top of the wall princess padise gazed passionately at the mighty Achilles as he led his men in the evening Achilles was visited by an Old Maid of the princess who brought him a message she offered pale's son the opportunity to invade the city if he agreed to marry the princess Achilles agreed and pise opened a hidden door opening passage for Achilles and his men men to storm the city the mermans Unleashed all their fury on the residents of the city for making the Greeks pay such a high price after stubbornly resisting in the face of a superior enemy when the princess ran to Achilles lest he forget the deal he made he ordered his soldiers to stop the young woman with great contempt he ordered her to be stoned to death Achilles would never Unite with a woman who would put her interests above her Fatherland and family for such a traitor there was no fairer penalty Achilles set out to invade the city of Thieves of trod it was a wealthy city where the family of andromachi The Princess and wife of Hector lived achilles dueled with King Eon and his sons who fought bravely but the king and his seven sons died at the hands of Achilles in this city valuable Spoils of War were plundered the most precious treasure was cres so beautiful that she looked more like a goddess but Petrus told his Commander that if he was impressed by crises he should see what was in the temple of dionis inside it was bryces a priestess even more beautiful than the previous one ailles was convinced that there was no spoil of War more valuable than the precious bryces with her by his side the glory would be even more evident on the other side of the Dell's straight the gigantic Ajax was attacking the Thracians also allies of the Trojans No thran Warrior could oppose the mighty giant from salamis with his huge Shield he brought down the Enemy Lines Ajax also captured a valuable War prey he was the young poorus pre youngest son and for whom he had the most affection odyusa than any ransome therefore accompanied by his friends diamides and menaus he asked that a meeting be organized in Troy to negotiate odyusa son for menelaus's wife but listening to the advice of his sons Priam refused to return Helen as a proposal he offered his daughter Cassandra to menaus as his new wife menaus found that proposal outrageous and said he would not accept that the people who Dishonored him should choose his wife he declared that he did not want a wife from a barbaric lineage and the Trojans would pay for that offense Greeks and Trojans again failed to come to an agreement and the King demanded that the Greeks be removed from his presence the Greeks dragged young pooris close to the wall and stoned the boy to death from the top of the wall Priam witnessed it all helplessly and in tears Achilles had now returned full of glory and treasures everyone celebrated as the fruit of the loot was shared among all the Lords when Agamemnon saw chrises he immediately demanded her for himself a ailles quietly gave in to the girl for he had expected that the greedy Agamemnon would not resist a young woman with such attributes but Achilles was smart and only revealed his bres to Agamemnon after he had already decided to choose cres therefore Achilles got the most precious of treasures bryces and cres did not know it but they would be responsible for changing the course of the war achilles' wrath would be aroused for nearly 10 years the Greeks besieged the Glorious city of Troy and could not bring down the remarkable walls erected by the gods Poseidon and Apollo but on the beaches of ilon a dispute between the Greeks changed the course of the war in the Millennia that followed the muses would Inspire iOS bards and minstrels who sang the story of how Agamemnon aroused Achilles wrath driving The Souls of thousands of Greeks straight into the realm of Hades Agamemnon was relaxing in his tent in the care of crises she was his War prey for whom he had developed some affection displaying her like a trophy due to her remarkable Beauty suddenly one of the soldiers warned him that a priest of Apollo demanded an audience with the great leader of the aans at the gates of the camp was a priest at Allied to Troy named crisis he intended to free his daughter who had been captured as a slave precisely agamemnon's favorite he was willing to pay a large ransom for his beloved daughter but after hearing crisis's request the great leader quickly refused the chance to release her he threatened and insulted the priest demanding that he not return to the Greeks Camp he said that crises would be taken to his Palace in my until Thanatos took her in her old age fearing the threats of such a powerful man the priest of Apollo withdrew with his head down but he knew he had a powerful Ally who would not abandon him in a complicated moment in front of the waves of the sea Crisis began a fervent prayer addressed to the god Apollo son of Zeus with Leto he asked the Luminous God to pour His Vengeance on the aans for they had treated their priest who had the sacred Insignia with arrogance disrespecting the God himself at night the god of the Silver Bow began to punish the Greeks at first he attacked their animals but quickly Advanced against targeting men these men did not notice the terrible arrows shot by Apollo and fell slaughtered by a terrible plague for nine days the Greeks suffered from Apollo's punishment Warriors one after another died an unworthy death the funeral PES were constantly burning and the aans did not understand the reason for that heavy punishment imposed by the gods calus The Seer who had Apollo's gifts already knew the reason for the God's immense Fury but he feared revealing the information without having a guarantee of protection so he turned to Achilles asking him to protect him from agamemnon's Fe Fury since he always punished excessively the weak who went against him Achilles promised that he would protect his life at a meeting among the chief leaders of the aans calus revealed the whole truth he claimed that the plague was because Agamemnon had offended and refused to return the daughter of Apollo's priest to reconcile with the god the great leader should return his War prey and offer a hecatomb to the god Apollo Furious Agamemnon vociferated against the sear saying that he only prophesied Misfortune and that he had never made an optimistic prediction he said he would return his slave crises for he wished only good for his men but he did not think it fair that he be the only one to go without a prize he thought it fair to receive a reward of equal value Achilles said that there were no other cities to be plundered on the Trojan Coast so it would be impossible to find such a prize but when Troy fell he would be rewarded Agamemnon said that Achilles couldn't fool him making him wait while he himself enjoyed the beautiful bryces Achilles said he would return to Greece along with his mermans if Agamemnon disregarded the right to his prizes but the king of myia did not bow to the threat he said Achilles could leave for he would not be missed but before that he would go to achilles' tent to steal the beautiful bryces Achilles was consumed by Fury grabbed his sword and decided to advance against Agamemnon but someone held him by the hair he turned even more wrathfully but found the image of the goddess Athena whom only he could see the goddess asked Achilles to calm his heart and not to worry for his true prize would soon be repaid to him in glories Achilles put away his sword and told Atria that he and the Greeks should not reckon with the son of paleas and his meridon he also said that the Greeks would cry out for Achilles but he would not appear to deliver them from the deadly blade of The Magnificent Hector thus they all regretted that they had allowed such an injury after he Exchange ches of insults Achilles left agamemnon's tent full of anger in his heart Odus decided to deliver cres back to her father along with the animals that would be sacrificed in the Magnificent hecome agamemnon's Men went to achilles' tent and searched for the beautiful bryces who refused to leave in the evening Achilles went to the seaside where he knelt and wept fetus his Divine mother approached her son to hear those laments Achilles could not understand why he was so wronged even with such a short life he wished the Greeks would pay for their injuries fetus knelt before Zeus's throne and begged him to help the Trojans during the war after all he was indebted to the goddess for she had been responsible for saving him when the Olympian gods rebelled against Zeus and put him in Chains Zeus promised that he would assist the Trojans until achilles' Glory was repaired Achilles retreated to meet with Agamemnon the division between Greeks was all the Trojans desired a Trojan spy reported to Hector head of the Trojan Army all the events in the camp of the aans weakened by the plague and already without their Champions the aans were deteriorated Hector seized the opportunity to try to push the Greeks back toward the sea the decisive battles of the Trojan War were about to take [Music] place after the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon a great dissatisfaction spread across the Greek lines but the leaders of the aans managed to prevent an even greater Rift from dividing their Warriors led by Hector and Paris the Trojan Army entered the battlefield they knew that Achilles and his mermans had withdrawn from the conflict without their best warriors the Greek army already looked less threatening Paris stepped forward and waving his weapons shouted and challenged the best Greek warriors to a duel suddenly through the Greek lines and with his mighty shout menaus King of Sparta and disciple of Aries opened the way through the aan Warriors saying that he accepted the challenge paris's courage vanished at the sight of his rival his knees trembled in Terror he retreated close to the Trojans taking cover behind his powerful brother but Hector felt outraged at such cowardice he furiously insulted his brother to arouse the pride and courage of Paris he ashamed apologized for his dishonorable attitude then Paris said that he would duel with menaus and that the winner of the dispute would have the right to keep Helen and all the stolen Treasures Greeks and Trojans made a compromise sealed through sacrifices it was agreed that Helen would stay with the winner of The Duel high on the Trojan walls King Priam and his court were waiting for the duel that could change the fate of Troy the king asked Helen of Troy who were the great warriors he could see from up there she pointed out and introduced to the king great warriors such as Agamemnon odyusa and and menaus but she missed her twin brothers casor and Pollock Paris and menaus equipped themselves with shield and Spears ready to start the duel The Spectators held their breaths because of the tension the silence was total the Trojan Prince hurled his spear with all his might at his opponent but the disciple of Aries deflected the weapon with ease then the Spartan King made his attack menaus threw the a spear offered by the god of war with the intention of killing the enemy although Paris blocked the enemy attack with his shield it could not contain the enemy's strong weapon which pierced it and wounded the handsome Trojan Prince Paris dropped his shield and picked up his sword preparing for a hand-to-hand duel menaus and Paris exchanged sword blows but the difference in strength between the Spartan king and the Trojan Prince was remarkable the disciple of Aries struck a strong blow with his shield which threw Paris to the ground manaus wanted to end the life of the man who had stolen his wife therefore he raised his sword and used all his strength to strike the Fatal blow but agamemnon's Bron sword broke when it struck his rival's helmet the King of Sparta cried out to the heavens demanding to know what crime he had committed to be so severely punished by the gods grabbing his opponent's helmet menaus dragged the Trojan Prince along the ground the aans were already celebrating the victory of their Champion when the leather Buckle that fastened the helmet to paris's head broke and the prince crawled away from his opponent when the Spartan King was ready to kill the adulterous Prince a cloud of dust covered Paris through the Mist Paris was visited by the goddess Aphrodite she using her powers led him away from the fight menaus was furious at The Disappearance of Paris shouting for him to appear due to the Trojan's Escape he considered himself the winner of the duel and claimed his prize Agamemnon the chief of the Greek Expedition demanded that the Trojans immediately hand over Helen so that there would be peace between the two peoples h on Olympus the goddess Hera wife of Zeus was watching everything and did not want the war to end without Paris and all the Trojans being punished Zeus questioned the reason for such Fury against one of his favorite cities the goddess Hera responded by saying that he could destroy any of her favorite cities such as Argos Mia or Sparta as long as he allowed Troy to be completely devastated Zeus allowed Athena to mingle among the Trojans to spread Discord Athena who also hated Troy whispered in the ear of pandarus an excellent Trojan Archer saying that the glory of whoever defeated menaus would be enormous pandarus fired one of his arrows at the Spartan King hitting him in the waist the arrow fired by the naive pandarus ended the chance for peace between the two peoples the heroes of both sides ordered their Warriors to attack the enemy the war which had lasted for more than 9 years entered its bloodiest phase great Heroes died and even Gods shed their blood in front of the Trojan walls to the great satisfaction of the God of War after the Trojans spurned their agreement with the Greeks a great battle began heroes from both sides fought bloody battles and even the gods participated in the dispute Athena the goddess of wisdom and strategic Warfare was on the side of the Greeks Apollo encouraged the Trojans in the fight Aries the God of War was followed by a Sinister procession which carried all the evils of War aab the goddess of Discord strove to keep burning the flame of hatred that impeded the two peoples from finding peace deos and Phobos the sons of Aries filled men with fear and Terror Ajax the gigantic Greek warrior after slaughtering a renowned Trojan hero began to fight for the spoils the Fallen enemies weapons and armor were true trophies these Spoils of War had not only economic value the status of these trophies was priceless among the great warriors fighting on the Greek lines was diamides son of the renowned Warrior tius of atolia he looked like a true demon on the battlefield all those who crossed his path were defeated the Trojans faced with the enormous Carnage began to retreat fearing deos and Phobos but the god Apollo did not allow the men of Troy to be overcome by fear with the God's support the Warriors of ilam returned to the fight the formidable Archer pandarus wounded the Great akan Hero again shooting at diamides pandarus HIS Arrow pierced diamides his shoulder the Trojan Archer celebrated and boasted that he had brought down the Unstoppable Greek warrior but diamides had not Fallen as his Aid extracted the arrow from his body Athena in instilled in the hero the Vigor and daring of his father the goddess told him that he had nothing to fear for she would always be at his side regardless of the opponent diamides hurled his spear trying to hit pandarus in the mouth who is mistakenly celebrating his victory over tidus's son the blow was terrible pandarus fell to the ground and diamides walked over to him to pluck out his spoils but anias did not allow his friend's body to be plundered and tried to defend the corpse with a large Boulder diamides attacked anas the heavy Stone severely wounded the dardanian prince's leg who fell to the ground diamides was ready to make another famous victim but the goddess Aphrodite descended to Earth to rescue her beloved Son as she lifted anas up the unthinkable happened diamides thre threw one of his Spears at the goddess wounding her hand the goddess wept as the Divine icker that is the blood of the Gods gushed from her hand Aphrodite complained to Zeus but he told her that he did not want to get involved in the quarrels of men that was the job of Aries and Athena the warlike Gods the god Apollo placed himself between diamides and anas but even that did not stop the Greek Hero's momentum diam attacked Apollo who dodged the hero's blows but diamides is insistence enraged Apollo The Shining God gave a loud cry and warned diamides how foolish it was for a mortal to try to equal a God the son of tidos walked away and Apollo LED anaus away from the conflict beside Hector Aries was leading a powerful Counterattack against the Greeks Hector's men seemed not to fear death and fought with unprecedented audacity Athena knew that the ruin of the Greeks would happen if Aries was not stopped and she could only count on diamides to stop the God of War Aries was aphrodites lover upon seeing the man responsible for hurting her he felt an enormous rage he hurled his divine spear at the hero of Argos but Athena deflected the spear preventing Aries from killing her protege diamides hurled his spear at the god of war and guided by Athena the spear pierced his belly his Cry of pain was equivalent to The Cry of 10,000 men Aries fled to Olympus and showed the wound to his father who told him to stop his whining the supreme god hated the fact that his son worshiped violence and blood he was the deity Zeus liked least without Aries on the battlefield the Trojan's advantage was over and the Greek troops were able to contain Hector's Advance the great Trojan hero could not find his brother Paris anywhere so he returned to the city of Troy to confront his brother for his courage diamides was celebrated among the aans as the man who faced and smote the gods his deeds became Eternal Hector hurriedly returned to the city of Troy in pursuit of his brother Paris who was nowhere to be found on the battlefield the chief of the Trojan hosts stormed into paris's palace and spotted him sulking in his room while Helen looked disgruntled at the way he was behaving Hector yelled at his brother telling him how shameful it was that he remained apathetic in his Palace while his brothers and countrymen were shedding their blood in a war that he had ignited it was paris's duty to put on his armor and stand in the front line Helen lamented that she was the cause of such tragedy if only she had been United with a brave man her fate and disgrace would have been more bearable while looking for his wife to say goodbye before heading back to combat Hector was mobbed by the wives of the Warriors who fought by his side they anxiously asked him about the state of their husbands the prince understood the dire situation that the wives were in but had no way of answering so many questions finally Hector met with his wife and drumi who was joined by a servant girl bearing their son and air aanx on her lap his wife emotionally embraced him saying that one day his courage would be the reason for his death she begged him not to expose himself to Danger because he was all she had left considering that Achilles had killed her parents and brothers but Hector said how much of a coward he would be if he sent his men to their deaths while he was completely safe he knew that Thanatos was always around but he didn't fear death his only fear was that after his fall his wife would be enslaved and the captor would display her as a trophy saying that she was Prince Hector's wife Hector stretched out his arms to take his son but the child was frightened by his father's imposing helmet the prince laughed took off his headgear and said goodbye to his wife wife and son he was ready to take on the bravest of Greeks returning to the battlefield Hector took the lead of his men and hollered loudly for all the Greeks to hear that he was there to challenge any Greek warrior brave enough to face him in single combat even though menaus was wounded he tried to come forward but was restrained by his brother Agamemnon he said that it was foolish to defy such a man in his condition and simply lust for death by now the Greeks bravery seemed to wne and they looked at each other hoping that some countrymen would volunteer to confront the great Trojan hero but no one came forward for the duel old Nester King Of phos Who many decades ago had been a great warrior but whose strength and Agility had been eaten Away by time said that if he were not so old Hector would have already found his adversary nestor's address roused the spirits of several keans who volunteered for the duel among them were odyusa diamides and the great acks there was a draw among the volunteers so that the gods could decide who would be the warrior to take on the Trojan Champion the great Ajax was the one chosen by the gods to face the one that many believed could only be matched by the mighty Achilles but Ajax of Salamis was a true force of nature no man among the Greeks could equal him in size and with his gigantic Shield which no other man was able to carry he came face to face with Hector Hector's Spears were not able to pierce ajax's unbreakable Shield meanwhile the spears thrown by the giant pierced Hector's shield and almost took his life the two Heroes struggled with tremendous bravado until the sun dropped behind the mountains preventing any indication of who was winning the fight was stopped by the referees of both sides and a draw was declared Hector and Ajax greeted and praised each other for their performance they traded Gibs they had started the fight as enemies but eventually finished as great friends an Armistice was enacted and hostilities between Greeks and Trojans ceased for a Time the bodies of the Fallen Fighters were collected by their colleagues and families where whereupon they could receive the rightful ferary [Music] honors while Greeks and Trojans were clashing on the battlefield a major tussle between the gods was about to take place on Mount Olympus Hera Athena and Poseidon were on the side of the aans while Aphrodite Aries and Apollo were helping the Trojans this Feud was about to lead to a civil war war in the Abode of the Gods Zeus called for an end to the turmoil that had erupted and struck a deafening Thunderclap the supreme god decreed that he would not allow any other Olympian deity to directly interfere in the conflict until further notice should any of them disobey his command he would personally throw them into Tartarus if they wished to test his power Zeus said they could stretch a chain connecting the Earth to the heavens every other God together could measure forces with him by pulling from one end of the chain high in the heavens he would raise all the gods and even the earth and the Sea as evidence of his omnipotence Zeus went to Mount Ida where he would set the course of the upcoming War events by himself fate had indicated that it was time for the Trojans to overpower the Greeks even though they were outnumbered they were fighting for their families and their land favored by Zeus Hector and his men pushed forward against the Greek hosts who could not withstand the pressure the aans soon began to give way and retreated to their Camp all the while they were pursued by the Trojans who followed them like rabid dogs Paris fired a sharp arrow at the horse pulling old nestor's Chariot who fell to the ground although old the king of pyos still kept the same bravery of his youthful days he defended himself against the attackers with his sword but Hector was drawing near with his fearsome spear which had already brought down more than a 100 Greeks but the gods appeared to be watching over old Nestor and he was eventually rescued by diamides diamides wished to achieve Glory by claiming Hector's life but a mighty Thunderclap revealed that this was not Zeus's will the old Warrior succeeded in dissuading diamides from confronting the Trojan Champion the Trojan proceeded to advance to the moat guarding the Greeks Camp Hector even said that he would have burned the Greek ships had it not been for the arrival of nxs the goddess of the night who blanketed the Earth with her black cloak in agamemnon's tent the Greek leaders seemed supremely worried at the overwhelming Victory the Trojans had achieved that day the aans morale was at an alltime low Nester reminded Agamemnon that the Greeks luck turned when the aan Supreme Chieftain fell out with Achilles the meinian king agreed that it was a mistake and he was now willing to rectify it ailles would be offered great Treasures slaves and even the beautiful bras would be returned to him if he agreed to fight again odys and Ajax would present achilles with agamemnon's offer of reconciliation which was indeed quite generous but Achilles was undeterred he said he would already have left if Poseidon would Grant him safe safe passage he had worked hard to get his spoils only to be later robbed by Agamemnon and so he would not be Fooled Again by that man during the night odyusa set out to spy on the Trojans and find out what they were up to that's when they came across a man who was surely a Trojan spy aiming for an equivalent purpose to theirs the Greek Heroes forced the bloke to surrender and threatened him with death if he did not reveal some information of value to the Greeks he said his name was Dolan who owned valuable information that he would trade for his life the Trojans said that king reesus of thce and his men were camped nearby and that they had with them their wonderful white horses reputed to be the finest in the world diamides decided not to risk it and did not spare the spy's life diamides and dsus sneaked into the thian nobleman's camp the ithacan King made his way to the horses while diamides provided him with cover diamides assaulted The Watchman from behind but he was not silent enough a soldier woke up and sounded the alarm but his cry would be muffled by Dames his knife the thian Warriors woke up startled unable to understand what was going on all the while diamides ran among them taking their lives like a ghost at thanatos's behest diam 's last casualty was King reesus he and 12 of his brave warriors fell that night at the hands of tidus's son meanwhile odyusa to flee before reinforcements arrived they reached the Greek Camp along with goddess Aurora which heralded the birth of a new day the two Heroes were cheered by the Greek Fighters for stealing rus' Mighty seeds and that lifted the aan morale nearby however Hector was giving a fiery speech to his men he said that they would invade the Greek base that day and set fire to their ships the fight for the retaking of the ilen beaches was just beginning Hector sensed that the gods were on his side he was hellbent on invading the aans camp and burning their ships leading the attack on the Greek fortifications from the Forefront but Agamemnon would not allow the Trojans to storm the camp together with diamides and odsis he would protect the camp Gates Agamemnon fought ferociously in front of his men until he managed to contain the impetus of the Trojan Advance Hector wanted to strike at the great Greek king but was halted by the hand of the Goddess Iris who brought him a message directly from Zeus she informed him that he should wait until Agamemnon was wounded this was the sign the gods would send him to exert full pressure on the Greeks without Hector's resistance Agamemnon seemed undefeatable he went as far as to take the armor of a noble Trojan hero who perished at the hands of the great basilius but Agamemnon would eventually be wounded in the arm by the Spear of a Trojan who sought to avenge his wiped out relative Hector ordered his men to move forward while the king of myia was helped to retreat from the battlefield diamides was now leading the Greeks under his powerful commanding voice the Greeks were trying to resist but the son of Tidus had no idea that he was in the sights of paris's bow paris's arrow pierced diamides his foot cutting him through and pinning him to the ground albeit wounded he insulted Paris calling him a coward and a wife stealer and saying that he lacked the courage to confront a real man face to face for this reason he hid behind his brother and fought at a distance with his bow odyusa back to camp but now he was the only great hero left on the Greek front line odyusa bravely but was harassed by several Trojan Warriors at this point he was unsure whether to continue fight fighting and die a glorious death or flee to the camp but a warrior named socus freed odyusa by piercing the hero with a spear a wounded odyusa to his knees Asus came forward celebrating that he had struck down one of the bravest Greek warriors but when he stepped up to strike the cou odyusa him in the throat with his sword the Trojans were bewildered to witness such a scene and wondered how such a thing was possible however thanks to Athena who slightly diverted sas' strike the Trojan spear only pierced the edge of odys is's armor this since it had belonged to his father leres was a little loose on odys is's body so he barely escaped with a bruise on his ribs Ajax with his Tower Shield provided cover so that odyusa into the fortification the Trojan Army finally broke down the gates of the wooden wall which had been raised to defend the ships and the Greek Camp Hector felt that victory was within his grasp only a bit more pressure on the Greeks would cause their army to crumble Agamemnon Odus and diamides groggily retreated to the Glorious tent of King Myans there they met with the other Greek Chiefs to quickly decide on measures to contain the Trojan Advance Paris and and anas burned the Greek ships that had already been conquered the sons of Aries deos and Phobos stood back as dread and despair spread through the Greeks Hearts the Trojans had swarmed into the Greek camp and the fight for the ships had begun supported by Zeus the Warriors of Hector pursued the decisive victory that would rid Troy of it enemies led by Ajax and unaware of the will of the supreme god the Greek Coalition warriors were fighting for their lives like a beast hunted by its Predator all the while the great Greek leaders who had been wounded the day before were debating their options surrender would surely mean a death sentence Agamemnon broached the possibility of pushing the ships back into the sea and returning to Greece an angry great leader saying that with such an attitude he was not worthy of commanding the alliance from the heights of Olympus Hera Athena and Poseidon watched the despair of their proteges without being capable of doing anything Zeus had barged them from helping them directly The Olympian Queen was convinced that something had to be done even if it went against her husband's will the goddess knew she would not succeed in changing her husband's will through reason instead instead she decided to act using the ways of Aeros and Aphrodite wearing her most beautiful robes and pouring over her body the finest perfumes but she knew she needed another artifact the belt of Aphrodite which made the goddess of love irresistible to any man or God the queen got Aphrodite to lend her her belt without revealing the intent behind it after all the goddess of love was a Trojan Ally Hera went to Mount Ida from where her husband commanded War he was impressed to see how Exquisite and seductive his wife was while the God was busy hypnos the god of sleep in League with the goddess used his powers to make the gods Slumber without the Supreme God's hindrance the gods Allied to the Greeks were free to provide Aid to their proteges with Zeus now off the fight Poseidon sided with the Greeks and had inspired them with uncanny bravery that stopped the Trojan Advance the aans struggled to defend their ships as if these were their True Homes Hector threw his spear at Ajax the great hoping to knock out the Greeks resistance but as if deflected by the gods Hector's spear skimmed across ajax's chest without doing him any damage but ajax's Counterattack would prove terrible for Hector the gigantic Greek warrior threw a heavy stone at the Trojan hero Hector was struck violently on the leg leading the Trojan Prince to the ground with the help of his companions Hector was taken out of the Forefront without his great hero to lead them the pressure of the Trojan attack finally began to ease it was at this point that Zeus who was peacefully sleeping on Hera's lap awoke he was suddenly overcome with anger realizing what had happened on the battlefield and that it was his wife's doing Zeus threatened and scolded her he asked her if the goddess's wish was again to be hung in the heavens just like when she and the other gods had rioted against him but since she was still using Aphrodite's belt Zeus's anger found no room in his heart Zeus ordered Apollo to heal the leg of the Trojan champion in the meantime Hector could return to the command of his men and fulfill the plan laid out by Zeus the Greeks shuddered as they heard Hector's Mighty war cry which sounded more like a lion's roar the enemies had spotted him fall and now he was returning as if unscathed from the world of the Dead while the Greeks seated land to their enemies Petrus in achilles' tent begged the greatest hero among the Greeks to put aside all the humiliations he had suffered and help his decimated compatriots if that was his men's wish Achilles said then Petrus could put on his armor and Lead his Valiant meridon against the Trojans while Petrus was putting on achilles' Armor his friend gave him one last piece of advice Achilles told Petrus to drive the Trojans out of the Greek camp but not to pursue his enemies if they ran away however his main advice was that his beloved comrade should not try to engage Hector in battle the young Petrus did not know it but he was gearing up to change the course of the war for good the Greeks were struggling frantically to protect their ships and prevent the Trojans from setting them on fire the Trojans sensed that the long-awaited victory was within their grasp but they had no idea that their luck was about to change the sound of the wheels of Achilles Chariot pulled by the two Divine horses zanthus and balus made the Trojans Hearts tremble Petrus wearing achilles' armor headed the mighty mermans off to fight their enemies frightened and eager to save their own lives the Trojans on the Forefront fled in confusion meanwhile they were pursued and had their flanks baded Ed by the Greek Spears from the top of Achilles Chariot Petrus took out Trojans by the dozens with accurate stabs from his Spears but sarpedon was a Trojan Ally as well as king of Lysa and son of Zeus he was bent on stopping the aan Counterattack Petrus leaped from the Divine Chariot and dashed against the son of Zeus sarpedon was strong and experien but his age had eroded his endurance he was not up to the task of fighting a warrior as good as Petrus who had Achilles as his training opponent for most of his life from above Zeus looked at his beloved Son in Peril of his life and thought of intervening but was scolded by the other gods it would be disgraceful for the gods to freely intervene in the destiny of men to save the life of one of their descendants just to avoid the pain of loss Zeus resigned himself to let sarpedon's fate be fulfilled Petras easily dodged the thrusts of King Lan's spear just standing by to deliver the Fatal blow the Greeks rejoiced as they stripped sarpedon's body of its glorious armor and weapons however sent by Zeus both Thanatos and hypnos carried the dead King's body back to Lysa preventing the corpse of Zeus's son from being defiled thus he could have a dignified funeral in his homeland petros's heart had started to be seized by Pride which made him believe that he could lead the capture of Troy that day completely forgetting achilles' warning not to pursue the Trojans who fled Behind the Walls on the very front of the Trojan walls stood Hector but pet did not look daunted by the presence of such a Mighty Hero but petros's Shining Moments were over Zeus was sending Apollo to weaken the man who had killed his beloved Son petros's spear broke and the straps that tied achilles' armor to his body snapped rendering the hero defenseless that's when a Trojan named euph forbus struck Petrus in his flank attacking him with his spear Hector drove his spear through the body of achilles' cherished friend with Petrus dying at his feet Hector called him a fool to think he would take Troy that day saying that the Trojan vultures would Feast on his corpse Petrus used his remaining strength to say that Hector was bragging about a victory that was not his after all the greatest blow he suffered was dealt by Zeus and Apollo then it would be euphor beses and only then would come the one from from the Trojan Prince the Greek hero also stated that by killing him he lured to himself the shadow of death that now surrounded Hector because Achilles Revenge would fall heavily on the Trojan Hector would carry ailles armor back to Troy as a trophy and place it on an altar in honor of the Gods meanwhile Trojans and Greeks fought over the body of Petrus with the arrival of the mighty Ajax the Greek succeeded in retrieving petr's body and bringing it back to the camp the news of petros's death changed the course of the war Achilles was in his tent utterly oblivious to what was happening during the battles outside the Trojan wall antilus the son of old Nestor arrived with some Grim news the messenger had the message of petros's death and the chest of pelus his son was over overwhelmed with pain Achilles was suffering from the thought that his best friend had not listened to his advice not to stand up to Hector petros's negligence had cost him his life to make matters worse Hector had taken Achilles magnificent armor for himself the Weeping hero went to the beach and his cries of excruciating pain were heard by his mother who came up from the water to find out what was happening Achilles told her about the death of his beloved friend friend and the loss of his armor he could never get his revenge on Hector disarmed but thetus reassured her son and told him that she would return the next day with armor even more Splendid than before with it he would be able to accomplish his Destiny thetus went to Olympus where she found hephestus working in his Divine forges she asked the Craftsman deity to help her beloved Son by making him new armor hesus owed a great debt of gratitude to thetus she had sheltered him when he was thrown off of Olympus he assured her that he would make Achilles the most magnificent armor ever seen by human eyes Ajax returned to the Greek Camp carrying the body of Petrus while his brothers in arms fended off the Trojan attacks that came at them like hungry hyenas then albe it disarmed Achilles emerged and let out a mighty Roar of war that frightened all the Trojan Warriors the body of the late Warrior was at last safe the goddess Hera prompted the sun god helos to dive into the ocean early prematurely putting an end to another battle day she knew that Achilles without armor would not be able to lead the Greeks the Trojans camping outside the Trojan wall discussed during the night the following actions to be taken one Trojan nobleman urged his men to retreat inside the city as achilles' Fury would be relentless but Hector and other Nobles refused to hide behind the walls as the gods were on their side once in the Greek Camp the noble spent the night mourning the body of the bravest and wildest hero who tried to take the city in a single day Achilles or ordered petros's body to be preserved he would only receive the funeral rights after the hero brought the body of Hector the murderer in honor of the Fallen the next morning thetus stood in front of achilles' tent wearing the new armor and shield made by the most skillful of the Gods Achilles dawned his new armor and its golden color Shone almost as brightly as the sun no man had ever worn such such magnificent armor peles requested an assembly of the Greek Nobles as he had an important pronouncement to make standing in front of all noblemen Achilles reconciled with Agamemnon and regretted that everything had not been settled on the very first day Agamemnon apologized to the hero for having offended him so deeply but everything he did was due to the will of the Gods and no man would oppose it agam mnan returned all of achilles' stolen Treasures including the slaves brius that pale's son held so dear when she saw petros's body she wept over it as he had always been very kind to her Achilles was now leading the Greek army on an assault to avenge petros's death the Greeks marched confidently with him as they had the best warrior in the world at their side Achilles and his men fought their opponents all those who dared to counter pes's rage met Karen the Fairman Achilles fought with unfathomable anger and took the lives of the Trojans and their allies by the Dozen the gods watched ailles his anger and Zeus sensed that at that pace the hero would bring the war to an end that very day and so he released the gods to act upon the conflict in whatever way best suited them Hera Athena and Poseidon sided with the Greeks while Apollo Aries and Aphrodite sided with the Trojans with the Gods on the battlefield the war returned to the path laid out by the moai the ladies of Fate Aries joined forces against Athena as he was still angry with the goddess for having helped the hero diamides wound him the powerful goddess employing her sheer strength threw her brother to the ground and taunted him for thinking he could measure up to Zeus's favorite daughter Aphrodite stood between Athena and Aries to protect her lover but Athena landed a powerful punch to the chest of the goddess of love she fell at AR's side and Athena told them that it was the deserved consequence for those who supported the hateful Trojans near there Poseidon teased Apollo to fight but heard the light God's rhetor saying it was not worthy for two deities of their level to fight each other over mere mortals Artemis who sided with the Trojans taunted her brother for refusing to fight his uncle and said that his bow and arrows were useless Hera snatched the bow from artemis's hands and struck her with her own weapon she told her that a child like her was not supposed to be there and that she had to go play with her pets in the forest emis walked to her powerful father and while crying on his lap he asked her who had hurt her the hunting goddess replied that herrow was responsible and that his wife was determined to bring dissension between the Gods and Men and seemed to be pleased with it despite the God's interference Achilles pushed on relentlessly and seemed determined to bring back Hector's head even if he had to tear down the Trojan gates with his bare hands and drag the Trojan Prince by the hair Achilles was marching relentlessly towards the city of Troy while many Trojans fled in desperation but one man did not fear the Dreadful son of thetus the Daren Prince anas Achilles called the prince a fool for believing that if he defeated the champion of the aans he would only become king of the Trojans after priam's death as an ancient prophecy said he added that by facing him he would only Advance his meeting with Karen The Boatman anas retorted by saying that he was not there to hurl insults if he wanted to advance towards Troy he would have to run over him the two Noble Heroes proceeded to duel anas gave his all in attacking and dodging the attacks of pel's son on the other hand Achilles fought Pro provocatively almost carelessly before the Warriors who were witnessing the combat Poseidon watched the contest between the heroes from a distance even though he hated the Trojans he knew that the gods did not want anas to fall before Achilles when he felt that the prince was greatly handicapped he realized that he would have to act anas was weak and achilles was ready to give the final blow but Poseidon brought a clown that obstructed Achilles Vision the God would take anas to safety away from his enemy Jaws when the cloud dissipated the dardanian hero was no longer there Achilles realized that anias was indeed beloved by the Gods in the vicinity the mermans were facing the Trojan lines and taking the lives of many Trojans as revenge for petros's death Achilles and his meridon took several prisoners many were Noble Children of the most prestigious Trojan families however this time Achilles would not trade them for a generous Ransom their lives would be offered to the gods as a sacrifice during petros's funeral the war was at one of its most heated moments Achilles was killing more enemy warriors on the banks of the river scamander than ever before that day the blood of the fallen dribbled into the river rening its water Achilles invaded the river waters to chase the Trojans who were trying to escape but many of those who escaped from the hero's terrible spear met an even worse fate drowning in the River due to their Armor's weight but scamander the river deity that gave the river its name was enraged at Achilles for polluting his Waters and would not let that insult go unpunished the enraged River God made a massive water wall appear and threw it at Achilles Achilles was battered by the mighty water Whirlwind spawned by scamander his glorious armor crafted by the gods was worthless without air in his lungs but Hera would not allow Achilles to die and turned to her son hephestus for help the god of the forges brought forth a mighty fire that dried up the river and achilles was able to escape from the grip of death after catching his breath Achilles would drive to the Trojan gates to challenge Hector in an attempt to avenge the death of his dear friend on the battlefield for almost a decade men and gods were eagerly awaiting the encounter of the two greatest warriors of the Trojan War Achilles the Greek Champion was overwhelmed by the will and wished to avenge the death of his beloved friend Petrus while Hector the bravest of all the Trojans was battling to defend his homeland his people and his family while advancing Achilles eyes burned with the hatred he felt for his opponent albe it invisible to humanize Phobos the personification of fear stood next to him Hector's Spirit was filled with Dread and his Instinct for survival made the warrior flee three paintings in a row from the walls of Troy king prium his wife hecuba and their princes worriedly watched Hector being pursued by Achilles who like a hungry Predator was chasing his prey Hector avoided the arrows and javelins thrown by The Warriors following Achilles pelus his son yelled ordering his men to stop attacking the Trojan Prince as he would be responsible for sending Hector's Spirit straight to Hades Zeus commanded his golden scales to be brought out because the time had come to decide Hector's fate his fate was weighed and achilles platter Rose toward Glory while Hector's platter dipped down toward Hades Hector's fate had been sealed by the gods Zeus directed Athena to come down to earth and enforce the fate set out for the Warriors by the morai aeno whispered in Achilles ear for him to stop pursuing his enemy that she would encour enourage him to fight Hector then listened to his brother doobu call and was delighted to have his brother by his side in a time of need the prince found his courage again and was now ready to At Last face the aan champion Hector attempted to reach an agreement with Achilles whereby the corpse of the warrior who fell after the duel would be given back to his friends to receive the proper funeral rights and tributes but Achilles counted saying that there was no such thing as an agreement between lions and men and that it was the will of the Gods to Grant him Victory he would toss the prince's body to be gobbled up by the hungry dogs the two greatest warriors met in front of Troy's Mighty Gates while the Trojans watching from the top of the walls held their breath this Clash could change the war's outcome Hector launched his spear at peles but he easily dodged it using the Divine armor bestowed by hephestus the Trojan Prince beckoned his brother to hand him his spear but duobus was absent Hector realized he had been deceived by the gods and that Athena had disguised herself as his brother to motivate him though he knew that the gods were not with him this time Hector would not let himself be taken over by fear he pulled out his sword and charged forward to meet his fate the king and queen on the walls feared for the life of their beloved Son and worried about their Kingdom's fate should Hector fall the prince was bravely contending against the world's most powerful Warrior the heroes charged each other in a fight that seemed like a deadly ballet within seconds of fighting Achilles had understood how Hector behaved in combat no enemy's blows could reach him and now he only expected the prince to reveal a vulnerable point for the fight to be decided Hector bravely stepped Ste forward against pel's son with one perfect blow Achilles fatally clipped Hector's neck the great duel was set groans of pain and despair took over the Trojan walls and everyone mourned the death of the noblest of all Trojans princess andromachi Hector's wife collapsed upon knowing that her husband had died and that little aanx was now an orphan with the spear still stuck in his neck Hector begged Achilles to deliver his body to his parents in exchange for a great Ransom in Gold but the ruthless Achilles replied that he would not his body was meant to be eaten by the dogs and vultures that roamed the Greek camp in his last breath Hector cursed Achilles and threatened that the god Apollo would be in charge of avenging him Achilles however said that he did not fear his meeting with Thanos he had already accomplished his Destiny by killing the best Trojan of them all and his name would now be hailed for centuries to come Hector's Spirit went to Hades but his body would still suffer much humiliation Achilles bound the prince's ankles with a rope and fastened the Rope to his Chariot Achilles dragged Hector's body with his Chariot through the entire city of Troy revealing to every citizen of the city that their Champion was now dead and along with the prince all hopes for Troy upon witnessing his son's body being dragged in front of the walls Priam tried to throw himself from the top to take his own life but was halted by his sons meanwhile hecuba the queen was shrieking and tearing her hair out Achilles dragged Hector's body towards the Greek camp and was greeted by the Greek warriors wherever he went saluting his victory having exacted his revenge Achilles was at last ready to provide his faithful friend patulus with a proper burial Achilles triumphantly returned to the Greek Camp carrying with him the body of the Trojan Warrior who inhabited the nightmares of nearly all the aan Warriors afraid that they would encounter Hector on the battlefield having fulfilled his promise Achilles sent orders to initiate the funeral proceedings for Petrus animal sacrifices were started and Hector's body was ordered to be thrown to the ground and left at the mercy of dogs during his sleep Achilles was visited by petros's Spirit who cried out for his friend to quickly perform the funeral rights as he was being barred from entering the underworld Achilles apologized to his fellow man and promised him that he would speed up the ritual Petrus reminded Achilles of his fate in war he reminded him to make room next to his friend's grave so that he could be buried there this way they could rest together as they had been together since childhood 12 Trojan prisoners were slain with sword blows at Achilles command because the pel's desire for Revenge was immense at last Achilles gifted his locks as a tribute to his dead friend Achilles had promised his father to give the locks to the river god of his homeland when he returned he asked the God for forgiveness as he was not meant to return and fulfill his offering the great py was lit and achilles finally made good on his promise petros's Spirit entered the realm of Hades and found rest in the elisian fields at night the goddess AFC spread an ointment of Ambrosia on Hector's cup so his corpse did not decompose even when exposed to the elements she also kept a watchful eye over the body to scare off the dogs that wanted to Feast on the corpse Achilles continued to be anxious he tied Hector's body to his Chariot again dragging his Tormentor corpse around petros's P several times Achilles in his tent was visited by thetus his Divine mother mother upon seeing her son's agitation she advised him to return Hector's body to his people the gods were unhappy with the way that pelus his son had treated the body of such an honorable Warrior Achilles said that if that was the God's will he would allow the body to be returned Iris the Divine messenger went to prium with the message that the king had to go to Achilles tent to retrieve the body of his beloved Son he had no need to worry for he would be under the God's protection the sons of Priam attempted to dissuade him from leaving if he were captured by the aans Troy would suffer greatly however the king said that all his beloved Sons were dead and he had only the worst of them left he would do everything to bring back the body of his best son prium took a donkey drawn cart to the Greeks Camp unsure of how he would be received along the way the king encountered a man who said he would help him enter the aan camp PRI knew that this stranger could only be an Envoy from the gods as they arrived at the Greek Camp Gates the mysterious man commanded that the gates be opened and was immediately attended to PRI sensed that a God was at his side and he was right at Zeus's order Hermes would escort the king to assure his safety Achilles was taken aback when he saw a noble Elder walking into his tent in a sign of great humility PRI clasped the knees of the man who had taken the lives of almost all of his sons he told Achilles to remember pelus his old father who was probably as old as prium and how much he hoped for his son's return or at least his body he said that he had lost more than 50 Sons but he could not do without the body of the only one who was truly worthy of defending the city for this reason he carried a generous r handsome with him Touched By The King's Speech Achilles brought him to his feet he said that great would be priam's suffering so as to have the courage to stand face to face with the most terrible of Greeks and that an iron heart would be beating in his chest Achilles replied that he would return Hector's body to his father he had promised his Divine mother that he would do so with great relief after such stress the king finally relaxed he ate and rested in pel's tent he had not eaten or slept since his son's death Before Sunrise Priam and his Divine escort departed carrying the body of the Glorious hero Hector before Agamemnon found out that the Trojan King was in his Camp Achilles apologized to petros's Spirit for returning Hector's body saying that his part of the ransom would be laid at his tomb Priam headed toward Troy with the promise of an 11-day ceasefire to ensure that all preparations were made for the funeral of the bravest Trojan the Trojans rejoiced and wept watching the king carrying the Trojan Prince's body thanks to Aphrodite's care Hector's corpse was perfectly preserved and he appeared to be sleeping serenely andromachi the hero's wife grabbed her dead husband's head and regretted that his departure had left behind a widow and a helpless son who would certainly be persecuted Ed by the Greeks they would not allow poor aonics to grow up and seek revenge on the 11th day of the truce Hector's enormous funeral P was lit in the center of Troy all the city's inhabitants grieved the departure to Hades of the only man capable of Defending Troy against the Greeks one of the Trojan War's saddest chapters had ended even without its Champion the city would continue to fight until its last gasp [Music] the Trojan War had already killed countless renowned Warriors but no loss had the impact of the fall of the Trojan Prince Hector without the protection of their leader the morale of the Trojan people was shattered the Armistice proposed by Achilles which allowed Hector's funeral to take place was coming to an end Agamemnon took his men to the front of the Trojan walls and tried to challenge his opponents to a fight in the open field but the Trojans didn't have the courage to come out from behind the mighty walls built by the gods they saw thanatos's terrible Shadow at every corner a sign that the ruin of the city was about to happen King prium regretted that he had lost so many sons in the war but his grief was even greater that only his most cowardly Sons had survived Paris and D phobus in their hands would be the future of Troy since the king did not want to give the city's command to the brave an neans after all there was a prophecy where he would be the great upholder of Trojan tradition and the King had no wish to give that honor to anchisi son but as the goddess Aurora appeared bringing with her the rising of a new day a fresh hope appeared on the horizon they were the Brave and Untamed Amazons tremendous Warriors Daughters of Aries who fought on Wild Horses panthe cyia The Queen of the Amazon was beautiful and her armor reflected the sun's Rays she even looked like the daughter of the Goddess Aurora the emergence of the Dreadful Warriors who feared no man filled the Trojan Warriors hearts with courage led by AR's daughters the Trojans came out from behind the walls to once again face the Greek army the Amazons Advanced against the Greek lines who were stunned to see an army of women mounted on horses their attack was frightening seeming to be inspired by Aries their father and Bellos God the Greeks began to flee to ships pursued by Queen pelia who killed dozens of warriors with her glorious axe offered by the God of War Achilles and Ajax were surprised by the Greek's disorderly flight they shouted for the men to reestablish the defensive lines for Achilles and Ajax were now in their Army's Forefront encouraged by the two great Heroes the Greeks returned to the fight and a great bloodbath began Achilles Trojans and Amazons spilled blood on Trojan soil in one of the most violent battles of the war Achilles again began to turn the battle in favor of the Greeks using pelus is fabulous spear but penthesileia feared no man not even the Fearsome son of fetus frightened the queen of the Amazon mounted on her horse she hurled a spear at the hero Achilles blocked the attack and ordered his War Chariot to be brought to him the objective was to hunt down the brave Amazon pulled by the Divine horses balus and zanthus achilles pursued the warrior Queen who continued to hurl projectiles at him penthesileia turned around and raised to axe Achilles was impressed by the courage of The Fearless Warrior who looked more like Athena's Incarnation the queen of the Amazon fearlessly charged forward against the champion of the Gods for the final showdown Achilles pierced the horse's body and struck the Amazon's belly in a Blow delivered by his mighty spear the queen and her horse fell mortally wounded Achilles approached to examine Pentel body he could not believe that a woman would have the courage to challenge him when even the mighty Hector trembled in his presence he removed the Queen's helmet and was surprised Not only was she really a woman but she was one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen Achilles was touched by the Queen's courage and so he did not strip her of her weapons and armor as was his custom Achilles turned penes Alia's body to her subjects so that they could arrange a funeral to honor the woman's greatness she had been braver than most of the great men who fought in the War after defeating the Fearless Amazon Warriors the Greeks began preparations for the assault on the Trojan walls many tall ladders began to be manufactured for the Warriors to reach the top of the walls in Troy the high-ranking nobility of ilam were desperate some said that Helen of Troy should be handed over to the Greeks so that their Fury could be controlled avoiding a terrible fate for the city of Troy but Paris found all this inconceivable he said that returning Helen would in no way diminish the Greek Warrior's blood lust at that moment the Ethiopian Prince mnan appeared leading his army of African Warriors he had skin as dark as ebony he was was strong as a bull so strong that he could only be compared to Achilles and just like the son of thetus mnan also had Divine blood he was the son of the Goddess Aurora with tonus brother of king prium of Troy and like the Greek he also had Divine armor made by the god of forges mnan LED his men in a bloody battle against the Greeks the Dark Prince claimed dozens of Greek lives he seemed Unstoppable and the Greeks were taken aback for they did not think they would ever again face an enemy as strong as Hector Achilles wanted to face him but was stopped by his Divine mother she warned him that this enemy could kill him in the next 24 hours therefore mnan fought on without finding any opponent to match him on his Chariot the Old King Nestor of pyos commanded the the Greek lines trying to prevent them from being overthrown by the pressure of the African Army the Ethiopian Prince realized that if he eliminated the Greek Commander the opponents would be left leaderless and the Africans would be victorious mnon Advanced against Nester but his son antus placed himself between the warrior and his old father to protect him the African prince pierced the chest of nestor's Brave son with his spear the old king tried to push mnan away from his son's body preventing him from plundering the spoils the Ethiopian said that he would not have attacked the Old King due to the heat of the battle he had only charged at him because he did not realize that he was an elder antilus like Petrus was very dear to Achilles therefore the great Greek warrior forgot his mother's advice and and tried to take Revenge by fighting mnan the two great warriors began their duel and the Ethiopian Prince proved to be a formidable opponent he was strong and skilled Achilles felt that this Warrior seemed to equal him in almost everything that fighter might be destined to kill him just as it had been prophesied since his childhood Achilles used his spear to strike the African prince in the shoulder but the blow only made men fight with even more devotion unlike any other opponent thetus and Aurora watched The Duel between their sons with distress they knew that only one would come out of the fight alive both asked Zeus to favor their respective Sons but he said that the fate of each Warrior was already determined by the moai not even he could go against the ladies of Destiny mnon wounded Achilles hand with his Spear and the Greeks were shocked to see the Divine Champion bleeding so badly the goddess of dawn stood behind her son and revealed Achilles secret weakness his heels mnon tried to surprise his opponent with an assault on his heels but Achilles the light-footed Warrior leapt on his opponent with one terrible blow he claimed mannon's life the B body of the African prince was carried away by the deities of the Winds so just like sarpedon he was buried with all the honors he deserved after defeating that mighty warrior nothing seemed impossible for Achilles who would now lead the assault on the walls of Troy in search of ultimate Glory Achilles commanded the Trojan offensive in the final assault on the walls of Troy he wanted to conquer the city that day and everything looked favorable using their long ladders the Greeks began trying to scale the walls while the Trojans mounted desperate defenses anas led the Trojans outside the walls if they could not destroy the great stairs the city would be lost achilles with his Dreadful blows kept sending Trojans to the kingdom of Hades the defender's fortitude was weakening afraid of dying the Trojans began to flee while Achilles impaled them with pelus as spear suddenly Apollo appeared before Achilles and ordered him to stop the advance for it was written in destiny that he would never overcome the Trojan walls but Achilles ignored him and told the god to go back to the other deities if he tried to stop him him Apollo would have a taste of pelio's spear Apollo gave way to the senseless Greek warrior but he could not let him get away with such an insult the excellent Archer Paris focused as hard as he could with the help of the Luminous God he fired a devastating Arrow Guided by Apollo the prince's Arrow hit Achilles heel his only weak point Achilles was practically invulnerable for his Divine mother had performed a ritual where he was submerged in the waters of the Sacred River but the only unprotected part of his body was his heel for it had not come into contact with the water mortally wounded his blood flowed abundantly in the stricken area Achilles called the one who struck him from behind and at a safe distance a coward for his opponent did not have the courage to meet him face to face Achilles still managed to stand up he staggered forward against his enemies managing to kill a few more enemies before running out of strength to everyone's surprise Achilles tumbled to the ground and the sound of the impact of his armor against the ground Was Heard throughout the battlefield the greatest of all heroes was dead Paris celebrated the victory over over the best Greek warrior and ordered the Trojans to plunder Achilles weapons and armor the Trojan soldiers who had previously fled rushed to pillage the hero's body Ajax appeared on the scene raising his mighty Warhammer to scare away the Trojans trying to snatch Achilles body odsis gave cover to the strong Ajax so that he could put Achilles body on his shoulders and set off for the Greek camp Ajax used his enormous strength to quickly cross all the way to the camp many said that for this heroic feat he would pay a terrible price completely exhausted Ajax accomplished his mission and rescued the body of his dear friend Achilles body received due care and was mourned by all the Greeks who grieved the departure of the most glorious Warrior among them thetus appeared in the sea Waters to bid farewell to the son she had tried so hard to divert from his fate she covered her son's body with her tears and everyone present was moved by that mournful scene Achilles was cremated on a huge funeral P worthy of the greatest of Kings his bones were buried next to the remains of his beloved friend patras they met again on the elisian fields [Music] after achilles' funeral the goddess thetus the hero's mother offered her son's armor to the aans it was to be given to the one who had rendered the greatest assistance to pelus and thetus his son Ajax considered himself the only man worthy of such honor for it was he who had taken the hero's body from the grip of the Trojan Warriors but odys subjected and said that he himself was the one who deserved to inherit Achilles breastplate Ajax was furious with Odus he claimed that the comparison between the two was Preposterous as it would be the same as equating a dog to a lion the giant also said that if it were not for him Achilles would have his head on a stake and his Spirit would roam the banks of the river acaron but if it were not for him who contained nearly a dozen Trojans Ajax would never be able to carry the body and that it was he who found Achilles and convinced him to fight without that the entire Greek Expedition would have been lost old Nester suggested a competition to decide who was most worthy of such an honor Ajax and odys spoke before everyone defending their causes Ajax was Brave and Worthy but he did not possess the power of speech but odyusa leus and Agamemnon convinced the council to give odyusa Jax from getting even more Prestige and power upon seeing odius being presented with hephestus is divine armor ajax's blood boiled to such an extent that he felt ill even and having a stroke he became Motionless in front of everyone and had facial paralysis in his tent he seemed to recover from his malaise but he was still outraged at the humiliation he had suffered he wanted to make the atrii pay for conspiring against him at that moment the goddess Athena appeared behind him and clouded his judgment Ajax was completely beside himself he came out of the tent with his weapon determined to take revenge two of agamemnon's guards tried to stop him but failed he suddenly saw atraeus two sons who seemed startled to see ajax's hateful face the giant lunged forward with bloodlust against menaus and Agamemnon Ajax mortally struck menaus then he strangled Agamemnon until he took away his last Last Breath of Life even after killing the two sons of atraeus ajax's thirst for Revenge remained unquenchable he went to odys his tent and dragged him out his opponent would not die as quickly as the others he tied him to a rock and began to whip him that's when the Athena induced confusion dissipated and Ajax realized that he was fogging a ram and everyone witnessed the grotesque scene in shock as he killed the other Lambs he thought the animals were menaus and Agamemnon for he shouted their names during the slaughter again humiliated before everyone he ran back to his tent he called his slave teesa whom he had taken as his wife and he said that he could not stand the humiliation so he would depart from the world his wife and son would have to to seek out tuser his brother so that the Greek leaders would not enslave them Ajax held a sword against his chest and threw himself to the ground against it the war's second Greatest Warrior second only to Achilles died Agamemnon wanted to deny him the right to the funeral because he had betrayed everyone and that had it not been for Athena confounding him Ajax would have killed killed him plus his brother but odys convinced the supreme leader to bury the hero with all the honors of a great fighter had it not been for Ajax and his great Shield the Trojans would have burned all the Greek ships thanks to the intervention of the king of Ithaca the mighty Ajax was veiled and honored as a great [Music] warrior the Greek leaders were worried the death of two of their most powerful warriors Achilles and Ajax made it almost impossible to conquer the city of Troy although they had weakened their opponents something beyond their comprehension prevented the aans from overcoming the Trojan wall with odys his help the sear chalus learned of the Prophecies of helenus the sear who was priam's son they ensured the safety of the city of ium chalus revealed to the Greek leaders that Troy could only be conquered by men using the weapons of the Great Hero Hercules furthermore the city would not fall without having someone with the blood of the great Achilles and there was also a sacred artifact that protected the city it was the Palladium kept inside Troy in Athena's Temple odyusa wanted to end it quickly he said he would find the solution to all those Shenanigans the king of Ithaca headed in his ship to King lees's Palace the same place where he had found Achilles hidden among the King's Daughters he came across a young man this one was training against two strong opponents at the same time the Warriors although experienced could not hold the young Warrior back he was not just anybody body his name was purus and the Greeks called him neptus which meant the new warrior in his veins he had Achilles blood father of the young warrior with the princess Damia the princess felt a Deja Vu when she saw odyusa her son for war just as he had done with her beloved Achilles odyusa weapons and armor which were in his custody he said that the lives of thousands of Greeks depended on the lad purus would not allow his father's sacrifice to be in vain and agreed to accompany odyusa new reinforcement had arrived to help the Trojans the warrior Urus brought with him fresh troops sent by Allied cities to Troy with few Heroes to take the lead the Greeks began to give way before the enemy they were not ready to contain that renewed Force suddenly the Trojans and allies halted their Advance they couldn't believe their eyes Achilles seemed to have returned from the dead purus who was wearing his father's armor leted out a powerful battlecry the enemies began to flee fearing death but Yuri pilus tried to stop the flight saying that they were fleeing from a child wearing his father's robe eilus Advanced against neptus who did not hesitate to face him the young purus leaped on his enemy with one perfect blow he struck eilus lethally the witnesses to that scene had no doubt pyrus was the son of the Glorious achilles with neot us' arrival the morale of the Greek warriors improved the Trojans hid behind the walls again pyrus had a triumphant debut on the battlefields once dominated by his late father the Greeks now carried a new Warrior on their shoulders celebrating Victory the first hurdle had been cleared now odyusa weapons the king of Ithaca knew where he had last found one of them but he also knew that it would not be easy to convince the owner to take it to the Trojan Shores after taking achilles' son to Troy odyusa him great embarrassment he was to find Hercules weapons and he knew very well where they were on the island of lnos was files the warrior who had been abandoned there almost 10 years ago because of his snake injury he felt a great hatred for odyusa asked the hero for forgiveness for philotes was heir to Hercules bow and his magnificent arrows bathed in the Lan hydra's blood but the Forsaken hero would not pardon the Greeks he turned his back on odyusa to Troy Hercules who after his death went to live with the gods spoke in philo's ear he told him that he had given him the bow to take him to Troy and that his Destiny would be fulfilled that way after Hercules intervention odyusa and the Divine bow to the shores of Troy the serpent wound the reason for his abandonment still had a putrid odor but filipes was miraculously treated by the best physician of the Greeks the hero who before could barely put his foot down was completely cured everyone was amazed by The Miracle at that moment the gods seemed to favor the Greeks they were preparing for another assault on the walls of Troy the protectors were weak but the strong defensive position was a huge Advantage anas led the Trojans and their allies in defending the base of the wall preventing the Greeks from climbing it meanwhile Paris provided cover for anas commanding The Archers who fired the projectiles from the top of the wall neot us embodied his father's Spirit by the start of the fight he had already slaughtered more than 10 enemies Paris seemed to be having a Deja Vu he had a feeling if he could shoot down the mighty achilles with his arrows then he could also shoot down his son philes with his Divine bow would not allow the Cowardly Trojan Prince to bring down another Greek hero he struck straight at the Trojan prince who felt intense pain much greater than normal wound Paris cried out in pain as he was accosted by his brother D phobus but they did not know that the arrow had been bathed in the poisonous blood of the Hydra of LNA few people in the world knew the antidote to that poison the Trojans managed to repel the Greek attack but the prince and heir to the throne Lay Dying on his bed no Trojan physician knew how to help him Paris remembered oon the nymph to whom he had vowed love before he met Helen she knew the secrets of herbs and could cure any ailment Paris was carried on a stretcher to the nymph's dwelling at the foot of Mount Ida the Trojan Prince threw himself at anon's feet and begged for help but time and bitterness had hardened the nymph's heart she told the prince to seek salvation in Helen whom he had chosen as his wife with great pain in her heart o refused to render Aid to the only love of her life by the time the men carrying Paris returned to Troy the prince's Spirit had departed for Hades Helen mourned the death of Paris meanwhile D phobus and his brother helenus fought to decide who would be the new husband of the world's most beautiful woman paris's body burned on the funeral P hidden the nymph oon saw everything she felt enormous pain in guilt for having let her beloved Paris die in an act of love and Desperation the nymph threw herself into the flames and burned to ashes holding her [Music] beloved upon paris's death Helen was forced to marry Prince D phobus an enormous sadness plagued Helen's heart and she felt guilty for the mistakes she had made in the past which had led to the deaths of thousands of men and were the root of tremendous unhappiness at this stage of the war The Other Women of Troy hated Helen she could see the contempt in their eyes she was held guilty for all the tragedy in the Kingdom of Troy outside the walls odyusa that prevented the city from being taken the city of Troy would not fall if they had the Palladium of Athena within their walls but the cunning odyusa diamides beat and whipped odyusa his plan odius put on a tattered tunic and knocked at the gates of Troy for help the disguised odys dece received the Trojans saying he was a foreign Merchant captured by the Greeks while trying to smuggle supplies into Troy he said he almost died after being tortured for days on end but had managed to escape during the night Helen hearing that man's voice was sure that she already knew him to clear up any doubts she said that her Maids would take care of the visitor Helen's handmaidens bathed odys and tended to his wounds when odyusa that were offered to him Helen entered his quarters seeing the king of Ithaca clean and without his hood she recognized him immediately she told uus to be quiet for she would not alert the Trojans about the spy who was now within the walls after all she was there only as a slave during the night odys sneaked to Athena's temple with the help of the Gods the guard experienced a heavy sleep odyusa that protected the city in his escape from Troy under Athena's protection he eliminated the guards standing in his way and the Palladium prophecy had been solved after showing off the Palladium to all the Greek warriors the leaders of the aans motivated the troops to prepare for the ultimate assault on the city of Troy the Trojan archers standing on the walls continued to repel the attempted assault but the brilliant odyusa strategy the Greek warriors Advanced together shoulder Tosh shoulder with their Shields raised they looked like a great Turtle the Trojan's arrows were useless against Odus is formation and the soldiers went towards the gates they began to strike the gate with axes and quickly brought it down but anas stood over the Trojan gate asking the gods to help him stop the Greeks from conquering Troy that day the dardanian prince was empowered by the gods using this divine power he pushed a large block of stone causing it to fall from the top of the wall the great impact of the block claimed the lives of nearly a dozen Warriors and injured several others once again the Greeks were repulsed they fled thinking that the gods did not wish Troy to fall into the ayan's hands the Greek chiefs were extremely discouraged the war was already 10 years old and all their effort in sacrifice seemed to have been in vain but odyusa in history after 10 years of war the Trojan centuries noticed during the night that a flash from many Flames lit up the Skies over the Greek Camp there were large Columns of rising smoke as something very strange was happening the next morning Scouts called the Trojan Nobles to contemplate the miracle that had happened the Greek Camp had been abandoned the aans had left but in that desolate scene a h huge wooden horse stood out the gigantic eoin had been built from Greek ships which no longer had Sailors to command them for they had perished in battle that Monument was certainly meant for the gods they found a Greek man scored and tied to a pole he said his name was sinon and that he had been left behind as a sacrifice to the gods this way the aans could safely return home sinon was interrogated and asked why the the Greeks had suddenly left after enduring a 10-year Siege he said that the Greeks had angered the goddess Athena who was on their side she was deeply offended by the theft of the Palladium which was in the goddess's temple in Troy as a result a Great Plague spread among the aans without Divine support the aans realized it was impossible to conquer Troy and decided to return home he said that the gigantic horse was an offering to the gods its shape was grandiose to prevent the Trojans from taking it to Troy after all the gods would certainly favor whoever possessed that tribute and they feared that with the gods sighing with the Trojans Troy would exact a ghastly revenge on the Greek city states King prium his Nobles and Priests discussed what to do with the great wooden horse some wanted to burn it but that would anger the gods others wanted to leave it where it was but the glory of carrying that offering to the gods to the Temple Square in Troy was irresistible Cassandra the discredited Priestess begged the Trojans to burn the cursed Monument for it would ruin Troy however she was once again ignored and they still scoffed at her who had predicted years earlier Troy's defeat in the war but the Trojans did not know that lurking inside the horse were dozens of Greek warriors among them were odyusa diamides pyrus and epas a magnificent Carpenter responsible for building the gigantic horse with considerable effort the Trojans pulled the horse up to the gates of the city The Great Gate was partially demolished so that the huge horse could pass through it in a nearby Creek the great Greek Armada was hidden thousands of soldiers were waiting for the signal to attack the great wooden horse was stationed in the center of the Temple Square inside the city of Troy and a great feast began the whole city celebrated the victory over the Greeks after 10 long years of war the king opened the doors of the royal Cellar and offered his entire stock of beverages to the people everyone was to celebrate that great day with joy and plenty as night Advanced the city fell silent the people of Troy were fast asleep after the long day of Celebration suddenly a trap door opened in the belly of the wooden horse dozens of Warriors began to emerge from that hiding place the Greeks stealthily initiated their way to control the city Gates the centuries were surprised to be attacked from behind by the heroes infiltrating the city at the top of the wall a signal fire was sent to the tens of thousands of Warriors outside the walls the gates had been conquered led by Agamemnon the gigantic Greek army stormed the city and started a massive blood bath unarmed young men and women were not spared the bloodthirsty Rage of the aans seemed unlimited many Trojan men even without proper weapons and armor tried to stop the Greek advance but Troy's fate seemed sealed nothing could stop them Achilles Sun led the men in the final assault on the Royal Palace the last stronghold of Trojan resistance the Trojan War was nearing its end after invading the city of Troy the Greeks indulged in scenes of extreme violence Aries the God of War could not be more pleased with the rivers of of blood that flowed through the city streets inside the Royal Palace the Trojan nobility was terrified they knew that the Greeks would be merciless a terrible fate awaited all of King priam's subjects anas led a heroic resistance halting the advance of the aans and buying time for many Trojan citizens to escape the city all Hope of Victory for the Trojans had gone up in smoke Achilles son odyusa leus broke down the door of the Royal Palace and the goddess of Victory Stood Beside them menelaus's blood boiled as he searched for Helen of Troy he had an enormous desire for Revenge odyss was fighting the last men of the royal guard who even though outnumbered offered strong resistance while neptus cornered King Kum of Troy in the Temple of Zeus Old King prium raised his sword for the last time the king's white hair did not move the son of Achilles who pierced the old man's belly with his sword menaus found Helen in the chamber of Prince D phobus her new husband the Spartan King wished to dye the room with the couple's red blood D phobus raised his sword and advanced against menus but he didn't stand a chance against Aries as apprentice Warrior who killed the Prince as if he slaughtered a pig Helen came face to face with the man she betrayed and abandoned menaus was bathed in D phobos's blood and huffed like an angry bull the queen of Sparta was resigned for she knew that her Destiny was Hades but the gods had not yet abandoned Helen of Troy her Ally the goddess Aphrodite caused an aura to emerge around Helen this Aura emphasized all the exuberant beauty of the Spartan Queen almost blinding menaus repentant for her actions Helen offered her body to menelaus's Blade the son of Atrius could not consummate his revenge for he was still in love with this woman seeing her husband falter Helen embraced him and asked for forgiveness saying that she still loved him without speaking a word menaus dropped his weapon and accepted the Embrace of the woman he loved so much to the point of driving two Nations to war the battle for the Royal Palace was over all the descendants of the Trojan nobility were dead none of King priam's sons had survived Queen hecuba the prophetess Cassandra and the princess and drami had been arrested and their fate handed over to the Greek leaders to be shared as slaves but the fate of aanx son of the Great Hero Hector was still uncertain he was the last living heir of priam's lineage With Victory accomplished the Greeks pillaged and burned Troy to the ground anas managed to escape the city carrying anisus his crippled old father on his back and Hauling his son asanas he fled to distant lands giving rise to a proud people known as the Romans as Troy burned in Flames the goddesses Hera and Athena rejoiced that they had achieved their longed for revenge against Troy Agamemnon was pleased by his large share of Troy's plunder he also received Cassandra a prophetes whom the Trojans ignored leading them to such a hideous fate but one last sad and terrible scene put an end to the war aanx was torn from the arms of drami who wept in despair from a top the walls of Troy neptus hurled the poor child toward certain death the Greeks agreed that they could not leave the last heir of priam's house alive after all Hector's blood ran in the child's veins and if he grew up as strong as his father his revenge on the aans would be terrible after 10 years of war the Greek Heroes and their men returned to helas despite the many glories and treasures the return home was difficult United they fought for the honor of their land for Millennia the muses would Inspire idos and minstral to sing the Deeds of the great men who sacrificed their blood at Troy those achievements became immortal [Music] tell me Muse about the man of many turns who many ways wandered when he had sacked Troy's holy Citadel this is how Homer invoked the muses before singing the story of the hero Odus Brave Warrior who with his shrewdness helped the Greeks to cross the divine walls of Troy among all the heroes who survived the ravages of war odyusa the gods gathered in an assembly Zeus high on his throne spoke about how men blame all their ills on the gods when in fact most of their misfortunes were the result of their own choices and folies and for that they paid the price for their sins at this point Athena intervened and asked why odyusa wise King of the island of Ithaca even though he was God-fearing continued to suffer away from his beloved Homeland the goddess lamented the hero's fate who had been stranded for seven years on the island of oija there the beautiful Nyo Calypso daughter of Atlas was keeping him on her Island because she wanted to have him as her husband Zeus explained that he was not responsible for odys not having returned home yet but rather Poseidon who felt hatred for the hero ever since he pierced the eye of the God's son but at that moment Poseidon was in Far Away Ethiopia where he was worshiped therefore he did not participate in the assembly with the approval of the Council of the Gods Zeus decreed that odyusa that she would go to itha to find telemachus D deus's son Zeus ordered Hermes the messenger god to go to the island of ogia to order Calypso to free odius Hermes put on his winged sandals and set off to fulfill the God's Wishes the island of ogia was in the navl of the sea it was a place where the vegetation grew exuberantly and the breeze blew gently but strong waves pummeled its Coastline there Calypso tried in every way to convince Odus to stay with her and even offered him immortality but odyusa where Calypso lived being received by the nymph with all reverence the Divine messenger informed Calypso that by order of Zeus she was to free Odus and secure the means necessary for his journey the nymph was enraged saying that the Olympian gods were envious that they were not pleased with the happiness of the Lesser deities when they relate to Mortals but Calypso knew that she could do nothing against Zeus's will sometimes her heart broke when Odus cried inside with homesickness after delivering the message Hermes left and the saddened Calypso went to meet Odus as usual odyusa thinking about his beloved pel y Calypso told him to stop crying for he could finally return home [Music] odyusa telling the nymph that he could stay if that was her will the nymph laughed at the Wy Odus who although he wanted to return home more than anything else in his life knew better than to anger a deity she told him not to worry for she spoke the truth his time on the island of ogia was coming to an end Calypso pointed out to odyss needed to build a raft as well as explaining to him the design of the boat so that it could withstand the waves [Music] odyusa supplies for the journey telling him that if he knew the dangers that still awaited him he would have chosen to stay but the king of Ithaca would not waste that opportunity odys and Calypso said goodbye and with the help of favorable winds brought by Calypso odys set off toward his [Music] destination in his precarious vessel odys braved the great sea that separated the European from the African peoples his goal was to return to the arms of his beloved wife penelopy and reunite with his young son Telus on the island of Ithaca the king om of The Fearless hero was in danger for it had been years since the king had left for the war of Troy almost everyone believed that odyusa his Palace was full of suitors who wished to betroth the queen Penelope and assume the vacant Throne the queen was no longer young but still had incredible beauty young telemachus who was just a baby when his father left was now a man the suitors had chosen to stay in the palace squandering odys is Fortune while waiting for Penelope to choose her new husband Athena assumed the form of a seemingly noble man in Disguise she entered the palace through the suitors who looked at the visitor with suspicion telemachus received the visitor with hospitality just as Zeus had commanded men the man said his name was menes King of the taas allies of telemachus's father Telus told the visitor about the chaos and his father's Kingdom and how the suitors were squandering his inheritance finally he asked if the visitor had any news of odyusa said he did not know odys is exact location but he was alive and doing everything he could to return home the nobleman said that Telus should try to find Clues to his father's whereabouts for he was now a man and should take control of his destiny tas's heart felt great courage mes assumed the form of a bird and took off witnessing that scene the young man was sure that the gods were on his side with the firmness and courage transmitted by the goddess telemachus announced to the suitors that the next day he would organize an assembly to decide the fate of his father's Kingdom Penelope realized that something had changed in her son he was no longer a boy and this filled her with pride the next day all the men of Ithaca gathered at the assembly called by Telus the young man spoke about the chaos in his father's Kingdom and scolded the suitors for depleting the missing Hero's Fortune antinis one of the most insulin suitors interrupted telemachus saying that the culprit for the whole situation was Penelope who had deceived the suitors Penelope had promised the suitors that as soon as she finished the Shroud she was sewing for lery odys his father she would choose her new husband during the day she would weave the Shroud for her father-in-law but as night fell she would undo the work during the morning thus for almost 4 years she deceived the suitors until her trickery was discovered the suitors claimed that they would hold consecutive Banquets in Odus is Palace until Penelope chose her new husband even if it feted telemachus's entire inheritance tacus threatened his Rivals warning that because of this insult to hospitality Zeus would ruin the suitors Two Eagles suddenly began a flight in the skies an omen of something important the soothsayer halitherses interrupted The Omen and told the suitors that the King was returning and the fate of his opponents would be terrible erimus another renowned Suitor ignored the 's words and said that as soon as the assembly was over they would again Delight in Odus his possessions for he was dead telemachus revealed the real reason for the assembly he needed help to get a boat men and supplies for a trip to the island of pyos in Sparta where he would try to find Clues to his father's whereabouts among the brothers in arms who fought alongside him at Troy if unsuccessful he would let his mother choose a Suitor no one supported the idea of tacus therefore Mentor the mansus commissioned to take care of his family scolded the people of Ithaca for showing such ingratitude to the family of the king who was always kind and generous to them the assembly was dissolved and tacus did not achieve his [Music] goal at the seaside telemachus asked the goddess Athena for help in a prayer she quickly answered Athena assumed the form of mentor and assured the young man that she would give him the means necessary for his journey for she perceived that the prince had the courage of his father obeying mentor's directions telemachus asked the old servant ulea for help in gathering supplies for the journey meanwhile the goddess induced a deep sleep in the suitors so that tachus could Escape in hiding Telus boarded the ship that the disguised goddess had provided like his father he set off bravely leaving Ithaca behind to face the dangers and obstacles between him and his [Music] goal after years trapped on the island of the nymph Calypso odyusa but odyusa with impunity through the kingdom of Poseidon who still had a lot of resentment for the hero not having been at the Divine assembly that ordered the Return of the King of Ithaca the God would pour out his wrath on him the sea began to get rough and dsus had to use all his skills as a sailor to fight the waves the terrible ordeal imposed by piden on Odus made him envious of the heroes who died at the gates of Troy if he had fallen there he would be exalted among men and not have the Inglorious death that lay ahead of him a great wave capsized his boat throwing odyusa to emerge but everything indicated that that would be his end he was about to give up when a female figure appeared and his will to live was renewed odyusa out the salty water he had swallowed he managed to cling to the remains of his ship which had been destroyed by the waves and over the wreckage he saw a beautiful woman who could only be a goddess the sea goddess was luoa a deity who had been mortal therefore she was very empathetic to the suffering of men she asked odyusa her handkerchief to odys leoa assured him that that handkerchief would help him reach dry land safely odyusa as commanded by the goddess and swam to the shore of the Fikes Poseidon was pleased that man had already suffered too many torments in the past years it was time to allow the will of the Council of the Gods to be carried out Poseidon would no longer pursue the king of Ithaca the sea against the Rocks but at last he was protected on hospitable land his first action on dry land was to return the handkerchief of the goddess luthia to the Sea she who saved him from certain death the hero slept on a bed of leaves in the forest to regain his energy before seeking help in the unknown land the next morning he awoke to the sound of female voices which seemed to be enjoying themselves among the trees OD IUS saw a group of girls playing with a ball among them one young woman stood out from the rest the hero realized that she was a nanny to the other young women and that this Noble woman would probably tell him what place that was but his nakedness was an obstacle odyusa the young girls using a branch with leaves to hide his private parts the girls were startled by that scene except for the noble and beautiful young woman [Music] odyusa or a mortal if you are a goddess you seem to me to be Artemis who stands out for her Poise and Beauty among the most beautiful nymphs in her retinue if you are mortal Thrice blessed are your parents to birth a daughter who blossoms so splendidly flattered the young woman said her name was NASA and decided to help the man telling her servants to give Odysseus robes clean and dressed in a beautiful robe odyusa away the youngsters had found NASA was captivated by that elegant and seductive man she wanted to introduce him to her father King alus of the Fikes thinking about the possibility of making him her future husband the princess pointed Odus the way to the city of The Fakes but did not accompany him for it would not be right for her to appear with with a man in the city at the city's entrance Gates odys prayed that the gods would protect him and not let another Barbarian people keep him from his goal with Athena's protection the hero was able to make his way to the Palace without being harassed for being a foreigner upon reaching the palace he knelt before Queen ett asking for assistance in returning home touched the queen asked the king to receive the visitor with all Hospitality as required by Zeus the king decided to offer all his Hospitality odyusa bed and the next day great festivities were organized in honor of the Gods athletic games were held to show how skillful and strong the Fikes were odys even showed his strength by throwing a discus during the banquet held to honor the guest the idos sang of the Greeks achievements in the war of Troy odsis listened to the poet with admiration for he was certainly inspired by the muses he sang the Deeds of the heroes in such detail that he seemed to have been there odyusa land and family King alanus who until then had not known that his guest was one of the heroes of the Deeds sung by the idos asked why those stories moved him so much odys said he would explain everything to the king but he didn't even know where to start the hero took a deep breath and finally revealed his identity he said he was odys the king of Ithaca who for 10 years had fought alongside the bravest men before the Great Walls of Troy everyone was astonished at the Revelation odys said he would tell his hosts about the adventures and hardships that caused him much pain it all started after he and his men left Troy behind this is how odys is Adventures began after 10 years of war thanks to odys is wit the city of Troy had finally been captured and pillaged the king of Ithaca and his men after years of fighting before the walls of Troy were ready to return home odyusa alongside the Squadron of the Great Hero Agamemnon until they were separated by a crazy storm the storm blew Odus is men off course taking them close to the country of the seon these people Allied themselves with the Trojans during the war being responsible for the deaths of many Greeks his crew demanded revenge against their enemies in a surprise attack odius and his men pillaged the city of ismarus killing the Warriors who resisted and enslaving those who did not flee but the invasion of the island by the men of Ithaca would not go unpunished the men and women who fled the city ran to the neighboring towns and cities in search of reinforcements meanwhile odys tried in vain to get his men to return to the ships but they were determined to celebrate the newly won spoils that's when one of the Lookouts warned that an army was approaching Odus is Battalion had more than 100 experienced warriors with several years of fighting in troll they were not afraid to fight the battle began and odys felt foolish to be fighting again in an unnecessary conflict even after achieving ultimate glory in Troy the men of Ithaca fought like lions against more numerous enemies but the countless amounts of saian Warriors made Victory impossible odyusa Retreat and his men fled to their ships the ships quickly fled the lands of the seones and each ship lost six brave warriors in vain but the hero's adversities had only just begun a strong wind tore the sails of the ships leaving his vessels at the mercy of the sea currents his men worked at mending the sails wanting to find their way home as quickly as possible with the sails already sewn up they found an unknown Island heading for it to supply the ships with drinking water on land odys ordered three of his men to scour the island to find out who the resident people were the ships were already stocked and the scouts had yet to return odys Then led a search Quest the hero was unaware that his men had been welcomed by the natives and were entitled to taste an exotic food they had been offered lotus flowers and fruits when odys met them they were eating the Lotus fruit with great s satisfaction a compatriot greeted him as if he were a foreigner and gave him the exotic fruit odyusa fruit which looked quite appetizing the man who had lived with his King for the past 10 years seemed not to recognize him and odyusa by some toxin in the fruit the king of Ithaca tried to convince the men to return with him to the ships but they wished to stay there eating Lotus for the rest of their lives odyusa drag their colleagues back to the ships while they were begging to stay these men were tied up and put back on the ships the Squadron departed leaving the island of the Iota fagi behind while its Lotus eating inhabitants waved before eating the fruit that would make them forget about those visitors meanwhile one of odys men was crying for he wished only to eat the loto fruit to forget all the horrors he had witnessed in the war but Odus men would encounter even more terrible images during their return [Music] home odyusa attempt to return home when they finally found an island on the horizon it was the famous island of the Cyclops oneeyed creatures sons of Poseidon the mighty god of the sea Odus wanted to meet the Island's inhabitants and chose 12 of his best men to explore the island with him they found a large cave and the sound of screeching sheep could be heard from inside upon entering the cave odys is realized that this was the home of one of the beings that inhabited the island inside the cave there was an enclosure with some sheep m4i filled with goats milk and bowls with fresh cheese made from it odyusa for the return of the cave dweller and negotiate with him but the hero would regret this decision the huge Cyclops appeared in front of the cave bringing with him part of his herd that he had taken out to Grace Odysseus and his men hid fearing for their lives but the hiding places of the sailors were revealed when the Cyclops lit a fire in the center of the cave odyusa said that his name was polyphemos the most glorious of his race he claimed that he owned no Hospitality to inferior beings for he did not recognize the laws of men polyphemus grabbed two of odyss men by the legs and slammed them to the ground killing them immediately medely as if this weren't enough the Beast still devoured them completely the mighty Cyclops moved a huge Stone and blocked the exit of the [Music] cave after that nasty meal the Cyclops decided to sleep odys his men wanted to kill him while he slept but the cunning leader stopped them because it would be impossible to move the heavy Stone blocking the cave exit the next day the giant took his sheep out to pasture leaving the men locked in the cave odius together with his men planned a way to avenge the death of his colleagues they found a large log of wood and sharpened one end at the end of the day the Cyclops returned and after re-entering closed the exit of the cave odyusa it it to the oneeyed giant polyphemus drank with satisfaction the strong wine offered by odyusa reward he would be the last to be devoured and asked [Music] odyusa felt an irresistible urge to sleep the makeshift weapon and prepared their Revenge they ran with the sharp stake toward the monster's one eye the Cyclops woke up and screamed in pain after hearing his brother's terrible screams two other Cyclops appeared at the entrance to the cave they asked who had done it and polyphemus shouted nobody nobody has pierced my eye since there was no one to punish they returned to their homes the next day the blind Cyclops let the animals out to graze but he did not expect odyusa to the bellies of the strong Rams odyusa cave when they were all out of the cave they quickly ran to the ships on the ship odys shouted at the monster saying that being blinded was a deserved punishment for a criminal who disregarded Zeus's designs by devouring those who had asked for Hospitality polyphemus pulled a large chunk out of a mountain and threw it in the direction of odys his cries the great rock fell near the ship of the king of Ithaca his men begged him to stop taunting the beast but [Music] odyusa the city of Troy son of lares the great Odus the king of Ithaca the Furious polyphemus threw another Boulder at odys ship and it grazed the ship of the Greeks odyusa regretting that he had lost some men but excited that he had overcome a huge challenge polyphemus asked his Divine father and begged Poseidon to punish the man responsible for piercing his son's eye he asked that the god of the seas prevent odys from returning home if the gods so will he should wander the Seas for years arriving home without ship treasure and companions odys is hotess which led him to mock the son of Poseidon would cost him dearly for he now had the god of the seas as an enemy days after leaving the island of the Cyclops odys Fleet found a floating island that was not attached to land and there was only a splendid bronze Palace on top of a hill the king of Ithaca and his men disembarked on the island setting off in the direction of the residents of the Island's inhabitants odyusa the guardian of the Winds who cordially welcomed the visitors during the banquet in honor of their illustrious visitors aolis and his sons listened cheerfully to odyusa during the Trojan War to thank them for the entertainment iolis opened a large win skin and placed inside it all the winds except for Zephyr which would blow quietly to guide Odysseus and his men to their home the favorable wind drove the hero ships close to home after citing the island of Ithaca odys could see the smoke from the chimneys relaxing for a moment he entered the realm of hypnos the god of sleep and started snoozing odyss men were happy to return home with virtually no Spoils of War they envied odyusa were in the bag they imagined that there was a lot of gold so they opened the wine skin after they opened the bag all the winds came out and seemed Furious odyusa woke startled by the great noise made by the strong winds the winds caused Great Waves and gathered storm clouds pushing the ships far from home odyusa thought of throwing himself into the sea and ending all that suffering but eventually regained his sanity they returned to the island of aus seeking help but they were driven Away by the ruler he would not disregard the will of the Gods who certainly did not wish Odus to return home Odus and his men fought against the winds which seemed to carry them further and further away from home after a long time at Sea they found a new island on it was a protected area where almost all of odys is's ships could find shelter only the hero ship was moed outside the bay as there was no more room Odus ordered two men to inspect the island and find out who its inhabitants were they found a child who was bigger than a normal adult and asked him to take them to his ruler they were taken to a large large house where a giant Queen welcomed them the queen called her husband who was huge and had a menacing appearance he grabbed one of odys men and devoured him immediately his partner escaped and ran to the ships meanwhile the king of the Giants known as lonians called the others to hunt the little men the Giants attacked the men and their ships in the bay as they tried to escape the Giants grabbed the men and sank their ships throwing huge Stones The Men Who were not devoured immediately ended up trapped to be eaten later by failing to dock in the bay only odys his ship escaped the massacre his Fleet now consisted of only one ship everyone in it mourned the loss of the Brave friends who had survived the Trojan War but perished before terrible creatures Odus his entire fleet which had set sail from Ithaca for Troy had been destroyed in his attempt to return home after the war only odys is captaincy ship escaped the tragedy after a long time of sailing aimlessly on the sea they found a beautiful island but this did not Gladden the hearts of the men of Ithaca for they were traumatized by their last experiences on the island of the Cyclops and the lonians the men set up camp on the beach but the soldiers low morale left them inert and without the courage to explore the island but odyusa bow and set off after a prey for dinner due to the grace of the Gods odys is found a small deer using his exceptional Marksmanship he brought the animal down with a perfect shot as he was returning to the beach with the animals carcass on his back he spotted a puff of smoke on the other side of the island the men of Ithaca were Overjoyed to see the king return with precious food but these Smiles quickly vanished when Odus ordered the formation of an expedition to find out who lived on that island the hero did not wish to be responsible again for sending more men to their deaths therefore the chosen ones would be elected by the gods through a lottery the group of men led by Yuri Locus went out to find who oversaw the island they found a beautiful palace but the entrance was filled with wolves and lions which terrified the men but to the Explorer's amazement these creatures seemed as docile as pets suddenly one of the men heard the singing of a woman coming from inside the palace a beautiful woman was singing as she weaved she was Cersei daughter of Helios and Percy she had an enchanting Beauty Cersei stood up and welcomed her visitors inviting them in she asked the guests to share a magnificent Feast with her odys is men enjoyed the spendid Delicacies offered by the lady while Cersei filled their cups with a magic potion suddenly one of the men tried to speak and his throat emitted a horrendous animalistic sound the terrified visitors began to undergo a metamorphosis a large snout started to appear on their faces and their hands were replaced by split hooves Cersei had turned all the visitors into pigs and with her staff she led them into the pig sty but as a precaution ocus had not entered the palace suspecting a trap he was an eyewitness to that grotesque scene ocus desperately told everything he witnessed to odsis who promptly set out to rescue them ocus begged odys not to go to Cersei he recommended that they leave that Island immediately before they were all turned into pigs or worse but odys felt it was his duty to try to save the few men he had left even if it cost him his life and he set off on his way through the forest he met a young man this was Hermes the messenger of the Gods Hermes related exactly what had happened to Odus his men he said that the same would happen to him if he did not take precautions during his journey the God gave the king an antidote to the sorceress's potion he advised him to threaten her vigorously to make her submit once she brandishes the staff eventually she would attempt to invite him into her bed odyusa drank the antidote and proceeded towards the palace Cersei was excited by the arrival of yet another visitor welcoming him kindly she led odsis to a beautiful Throne where he could rest and where he was served a refreshing drink odyss took the potion offered by his Hostess who looked on excitedly as he drank all the liquid from the golden cup then Cersei touched the hero with her staff and ordered him to head for the pig sty for that was where the pigs were but odyusa away threatening Cersei with his sword with a seductive look the lady asked odyusa her life and invited him to share her bed odys said he would accept the invitation provided she swore not to attempt his life or do any harm Cersei took the oath and the king of itha and the Sorceress were United in the Divine bed the next day odyusa by the nymphs who cleaned and dressed him Cersei was sitting at the table waiting for the king a great feast had been served but he said it would be unworthy to eat while his men lived in a dump like pigs Cersei went to the pigy and used her powers to restore the pigs to their previous form odyusa and celebrated their return to their former form Cersei was magnanimous to the men who entered her domains she invited them to stay until they felt ready to move on odys and his men stayed on cersei's island for a year enjoying the hospitality of of their Divine Hostess but one day the Warriors of Ithaca pressed the hero to return home odyusa his desire to leave she replied that she did not want to keep him there against his will but before he could head home [Music] odyusa odys and his men spent their last night before sailing off to a nightmarish destination they were due to go to the terrifying realm of Hades to encounter the fortune teller tas's spirit and find out if it would be safe to return home Elenor one of Odus comrades slept on the roof of cersei's Palace to avoid the heat but he would wake up dazed and having forgotten that he was on the roof he fell off the top of the roof breaking his neck then odyusa the loss of yet another shipmate but they had no time to waste and so they set off in their boat toward the kingdom of Hades they landed at a place on the edge of the world close to the land of the samarians that spot was shrouded in a thick Mist once there they disembarked bringing the animals offered by Cersei to be sacrificed when they arrived at the exact place designated by the Sorceress odyusa was poured into a pit odyusa to be surrounded by spirits who wanted to drink the blood inside the den but odyusa them away until Terraria appeared much to everyone's surprise between the spirits was Elenor the friend they had just lost he still had not been buried and so he requested odyusa honors the Ithaca King assured him that he would do so next the spirit of odyusa she had been alive when the hero left for the Trojan War and the vision of his mother in that place broke the king of ithaca's heart and tears welled up in his eyes then old terius appeared who had been a master sage in life he asked to drink from the blood of the pit [Music] odyusa explained that odyusa harbored hatred for the hero for having wounded his son the Cyclops polyphemus the soothsayer predicted that odius would still be able to return home but if his men disregarded the beasts of the god Helios the king would get home alone on a foreign ship as all of his comrades would perish on the way but odyson to find Agamemnon there the greatest leader of the Greeks during the Trojan War he was assassinated by his wife after returning home from the war there he also met the Great Hero Achilles who appeared to have become embittered odys told him how his achievements in the Trojan War were and commemorated among men but Achilles said that he preferred a thousand times to be a meager peasant and be allowed to see the light of day than to be the lord of the world of the dead he also wondered how his son neoplus was doing odys told him that he battled in the Trojan War and had proven himself a true disciple of Aries accomplishing great Deeds several others of his battle brothers would appear such as Petrus Ajax and others but the mission of [Music] odyusa to accomplish the promise made to Elenor once there they laid their friend's body on a py so that his Spirit could ultimately rest in peace during the farewell banquet thrown by the Sorceress she would whisper in odys his ear the horrendous dangers he was about to face the hero and his men would soon confront the most dangerous things that the kingdom of Poseidon had to [Music] offer after his runin with the soothsayer terus in the Underworld it was prophesied that odyusa is before that the Sorceress Cersei warned but the Ithaca King preferred not to fully disclose them to his comrades for he feared their hearts would be seized with Dread the first challenge was the mermaids hybrid creatures but with an incredible power of Seduction their song was irresistible to all who heard it and attracted their victims to their damnation ODS ordered his men to plug their ears with wax so that they would be unable to hear anything at all favorable winds were driving them near the mermaids Island but odyusa by curiosity and wanted the opportunity to hear such irresistible singing he ordered his men to tie him rigidly to the ship's mast and even if he gave the order his men would not release him until they were far from the island towering over the Rocks the beautiful mermaids sang and waved attempting to lure were the men to certain death scattered around them were countless bones of those who had been Bewitched odius cried out for his men to free him and lead the boat towards the Rocks but they paid no heed to his orders the sirens flattered the hero in their songs who had achieved great things in the Trojan War and promised to write songs that would make his deeds Immortal odius pleaded with his men to set him free but they only tied the hero even more strongly to the Mast it was only when they were already at a safe distance from the island that odyss is companions pulled him free the king of itha took a while to recover mentally from that desperate experience but now they were faced with a deadly challenge as they would encounter two of the greatest dangers of the ocean Sila and shadis a gigantic Whirlpool was attemped ing to pour all the water out of the Seas this underwater creature was trying to engulf any vessel that came within its reach to avoid the monster odys ordered his men to steer the ship as close as possible to a cliff however nestled in a huge Cavern encrusted in the cliff was Sila a gigantic hideous Beast it had several heads and tentacles just the sight of it made the men desperate the creature plucked the men from the ship's deck and tore them to Pieces survival Spirit was what kept the men rowing vigorously avoiding being pulled by shibis and pulling themselves away from Sila odyusa but now they were only a handful of Warriors when compared to the army that had traveled to Troy 20 years ago ahead of them lay the island of Thia the one which was to be odius is last stopover before he could finally return home odius and his men were sailing near the island of Thia from whence they heard the moing of the cows and oxen that lived there odyss comrades yearned for supplies and rest but the king of Ithaca was told by Cersei that that Island might bring complete ruin to his men he attempted to convince them to move away from the island however his men were greatly disgruntled even to the point of mutiny Odus consented to take them there as long as they promised not to touch the cattle on that island which was owned by the god Helios they agreed and headed for the beach shortly after Sheltering the ship in a cave to protect it from the winds a storm raged over the island sorceress Cersei while leaving helios's animals in peace inclement weather and unforgiving winds kept Odus stranded on that island for months the supplies were very close to running out odys said it was best for his men to try to fish and gather whatever berries and Roots they could find but to keep away from the Sun God's oxen while on one of his hunts the hero reached the top of a hill feeling close to the gods he asked them to help him he felt as if the gods had sent him a peaceful sleep and right there he took a nap he would wake up smelling the distinctive Aroma of roasting meat nearby his men were grilling calf meat as they had slaughtered the best animals to appease the God's Wrath they would rather bear the risk of divine Vengeance than the ordeal of starving to death odyusa so much the revenge of the Gods would come soon in heaven the son accused men of profaning his sacred cattle he said that he would go to Hades to illuminate the dead while the Earth and Heavens would no longer see his light Zeus pleaded with Helios not to stop Illuminating the world as he would end the lives of those responsible for such a crime the headwind ceased and odyusa the island of Thia behind but the Thunderbolts in the sky pointed to Zeus's foul mood a powerful lightning strike shattered the ship Mast collapsing on the helmsmen further lightning struck the ship utterly destroying it many of OD deus's men died by electrocution While others drowned in the seawaters lees's son survived by grabbing onto the planks of the ship's wreckage he would be the only one not to have his body swallowed by the Sea he would drift for a while until realizing that the currents were taking him towards a dreadful fate odyusa and shardis the wreckage was being tugged by shardis whirlpool and his end seemed inevitable but he managed to reach the branches of a fig tree that sprang up by the walls hanging from it the hero waited until shardis had swallowed all the water as he always did the water flow reversed and odyusa using the strength of his arms and legs as he attempted his best to distance himself from that place for days odyusa drifted sea until he was carried to the shores of the ogia island where the nymph Calypso lived after describing his stay on Calypso's Island and how he had arrived in the land of the fascians odys concluded his adventures at the court of King alanus overwhelmed with emotion odyusa that almost all of his companions who perished on his journey cried out for his name in despair before they took their last breath while odius was trying to return home his son tacus had departed for the Greek region of the pipines In Search of his father he had the goddess Athena by his side disguised as a mentor his first stop was pyos the kingdom of the wise old Nestor a famous hero from the Trojan War the Old King and his two sons were making sacrifices to the god Poseidon they invited the young man and his chaperon to join them in the ceremony Telus introduced himself as odsis his son and Nester was happy to meet the young man his father had mentioned so much unfortunately however n had no news of odyusa King was one of the four Great Heroes who had not made it home safely soon after the war ended the mighty king Agamemnon had been murdered by his wife and her lover Ajax the great had died on the Seas due as a result of the God's rage and menaus had been lost for 8 years before returning home but he knew nothing about odys his whereabouts the wise Nester recognized that telak was quite a valuable person for he had the goddess Athena by his side he recommended that the prince of Ithaca meet with menus as he would know some news of his father the king of pyos asked his son to accompany tacus to Sparta where menaus and his Queen reigned they arrived during the festivities of the betrothal of Princess Hermione daughter of menus and Helen to neptus the son of Achilles the two young nobles were received with Hospitality by the king although the latter was unaware of their identity he was only fulfilling Zeus's designs but menus noticed on the young man's face the features of his former battle companion the queen once known as Helen of Troy also recognized Odus is presence and his son's features telemachus introduced himself and told her the reason for his visit then elas asked him to sit down for he had a story to tell menaus said that his departure from Troy was difficult since the Greeks had angered the gods so like adicus he was lost at sea for a long time but the ships reached the Egyptian Coast on this piece of land he was plagued by depression until he was seen by a seed deity who took pity on him the narad edoa told menaus what he needed to do to return home he was to gather some men and Ambush Proteus a sea deity with prophetic powers they were to seize him and release him only when he promised to answer their inquiries following Ida's orders menaus found Proteus counting his seals before taking a nap menaus and his men jumped on the God and grabbed him he was strong and fought his way free of his attackers Proteus had the power of metamorphosis and used it to assume the most diverse forms finally due to the Persistence of menaus who would not let go of him he surrendered to The Wills of the Spartan King and promised to tell everything he knew Proteus told menaus that if he wanted to return home he should make a sacrifice to the gods to appease their anger menaus asked about the fate of the other Greek Nobles who had returned from Troy he told of the tragedy of Ajax but the news of his brother agamemnon's death broke his heart and the Spartan broke down in tears the god also revealed the fate of his great friend the king of Ithaca finally menaus told Telus the information he had odyusa for a long time aimlessly throughout the Mediterranean Sea he had been stranded for several years on the island of the nymph Calypso but this would not be a permanent situation for he was destined to return home tacus told of suitors who were squandering his father's estate and wished to conquer his throne menaus advised the prince to return home for his father would need telemachus's help together they would teach the suitors a lesson having left the land of the fans behind King alcius made Provisions for one of his ships to take the hero back to itha he would never forget his host's Hospitality odyusa through the entire Journey when he reached ithaca's beaches of dexus the sailors had no courage to wake him so they disembarked him with the gifts offered by the fasan king when Poseidon heard that his enemy had finally reached his homeland he was enraged and the sailors who carried the hero would pay a high price for dishonoring the god of the seas just as they were concluding their return Journey the ship of the fans was pulverized by Poseidon who in a gigantic form smashed it with his bare hands upon parting his hands there was only a large Boulder in front of the fasion harbor they had become a rock and from that day on the fasion never again assisted Castaways in Sparta Athena warned Telus that it was time to return home the suitors planned to trap him on his return for that reason he was to sail at night and not head for the port but to the home of umus the man who raised him in odyusa woke up and had no idea where he was he feared that he was again in an unknown foreign land fraught with danger it was then that a young Shepherd boy appeared and odyusa cunning odyusa which gave him a new biography meanwhile the young man listened to his story with a smile on his face at this point the young man took the form of the goddess Athena who said that his story was of unequal astuteness and that it would almost fool even the goddess of wisdom the goddess told him that he would have to seek out the loyal umus and bring himself up to date with the situation in his kingdom but first he needed a disguise the goddess arranged for odyss to adop stopped the form of an old beggar and he made his way towards the house of umus the swin herd umus abided by the duty of hospitality and welcomed the beggar with warmth the pig keeper told him about how the suitors squandered odsis his fortune and intended to kill Telus and betro the queen Penelope that was when footsteps were heard approaching the house of umus the young telemachus came through the door and was greeted cheerfully by the Pigman who said the prince's name Odus his jaw dropped and his eyes grew wide at the sight of his grown son more than 20 years had passed since he had last seen him telemachus told the pig man he ought to go to the Palace to tell him secretly about his return as soon as the pig man left the figure of the goddess Athena appeared behind tacus but only OD and the dogs could see her she told odius that the time had come to reveal himself Athena restored Odus to his original form much to telemachus's astonishment who believed that the old man could only be a God odyusa God but actually his father who had been missing for a long time Father and Son embraced and many tears were Shed from telemachus and odys his eyes odsis wondered who and how many were the suitors who were trying to claim his rights the young man said that there were dozens and victory over them would be almost impossible odyusa return not even umus and his mother he said he should fear nothing for Zeus and his beloved daughter were on their side and would lead them to Glory again in the form of an old beggar among the suitors and know who they are and what their enemies had been planning Odus went to ithaca's Royal Palace alongside the swine herd umus but before he reached the palace he had an unexpected reunion lying on the ground was old Argos odys his dog to which he had devoted much affection in time to turn it into an excellent hering and hunting dog when the animal was still a upon seeing the beggar approaching the dog raised its ears and wagged its tail even 20 years later the animal recognized its Master immediately and would have run to him if it had not been too weak odyusa why the animal was so badly treated the swin herd replied that the dog was unbeatable at hurting and hunting but like the kingdom of Ithaca it had lived through years of neglect and so there were no signs left of its glorious times odyusa tear upon meeting his old and loyal friend again after 20 years of waiting for odys is return Argos ended its vigil and could rest on the other plane its Master had returned to take care of what was his odyusa were eating and drinking at the expense of the king of ithaca's estate the hero begged among the suitors to identify the good and bad but Antonius the the most prominent of the suitors wanted to expel the beggar from the palace odyusa fraction outraged by the visitor's insolence Antonius threw a wooden seat at the beggar despite the powerful impact Odysseus was strong and absorbed the blow without any reaction the other suitors told Antonius that he had not been correct sometimes the Gods would disguise themselves to test men's hospitality and their Revenge could be Grim odys sat on the floor to eat the leftovers the suitors dropped off suddenly araus entered the palace a well-known local beggar he was burly and aggressive he was irritated to see another beggar occupying his place he Advanced against odyusa told him not to overreach despite his age he could still beat him up so they could both be left alone in the palace the suitors were entertained by the bickering between Beggars challenging them to fight each other Antonius replied that only the winner of the fight would have the right to beg in the palace as the other would have to leave with no alternative odius accepted the fight araus was strong but he was surprised to see odys is muscles when set out to attack Odus but he was knocked out by a single blow to the neck the Victorious odyusa who had fun at the beggar's expense the disguised King was greeted by one of these several suitors Odus realizing that he was not a bad person warned him to leave the palace to escape his wrath but the young man did not listen to him Queen Penelope suddenly appeared thanks to the goddess Athena who bathed her with Ambrosia she looked beautiful odyusa no longer had her youthful features she still retained an enormous Beauty but Penelope's stunning gorgeousness also aroused The Suitor desire Antonia said that their patience was running out therefore the next day she was to choose her new husband odsis talked with telemachus and asked him to remove from the main hall all the weapons displayed on the walls in this way they would proceed with their Revenge while the young man was removing the weapons he was questioned by a Suitor who asked him what he was doing Telus said that the weapons were being removed to be cleaned and Polished after all they had not been maintained for many years meanwhile Penelope questioned the visitor to learn more about him and to obtain possible information about her husband the disguise King said that odyusa wept with emotion in gratitude the queen asked her old servant Ura to wash the visitor's feet to the Old Maid's surprise she recognized an old scar that the king of Ithaca had suffered in a hunt when he was young Ura knew that that man could only be odyusa contained the maid so that she would not blow his cover she promised the king that she would keep the secret even from the queen Penelope told odius about her dream 20 geese were roaming and messing up the palace Courtyard and she was forced to feed them then an eagle appeared and killed all the geese the beggar told her that her dream could not be clearer odyusa but sadness plagued Penelope's heart with the arrival of the goddess of dawn the time would also come for her to choose choose a match among the suitors the day came when Penelope would finally have to choose her new husband among the suitors they were already once again ravaging Odysseus's estate feasting on his Goods inspired by the goddess Athena Penelope came up with Odus his bow she would set sutors a challenge which was to be overcome by whoever wanted to be her husband they they were to bend dsus his bow and shoot an arrow through the hole of 12 axes lined up tacus asked to be the first to try if he achieved that feat his claim to the throne would be further legitimized the young man tried three times to bend odys his bow but without success on the fourth attempt just as he was about to succeed tmus looked at his father and understood the message in the man's gaze he gave up and said he couldn't do it the suitors began to try to bend odys his bow one after another they failed odyusa his identity by showing his scar to the pygmy swine herd umus and his servant fetus who had always been very loyal to the king the two subjects were very excited to see odyusa and the queen they were to lock themselves in their rooms and the palace doors were to be bolted then the two main suitors tried to bend the bow uracus failed like all the others and Antonius even though he used tricks to try to bend the bow also failed Antonius told the suitors to leave the task until the next day that way they could go back to feasting at odys is expense for one more day at that point outraged by the beggar's insolence if he succeeded in bending odyss his bow they would all be humiliated and their reputation would be ruined telemachus bravely opposed the suitors telling them not to disregard the designs of the Gods which required that guests be treated properly and that the beggar would have the right to try Yus gave the beggar the bow allowing him to try to everyone's astonishment odys managed to bend the bow with ease the disguised King took a deep breath and aimed the perfect shot went through the 12 axes to the disbelief of the suitors the beggar said that if Apollo was favorable to him he would manage to hit a Target that would leave the suitors even more shocked odyusa an arrow at Antonius who had a cup in his mouth the arrow pierced the cup and struck the villain's neck the king of Ithaca revealed himself to the suitors at that moment due to Athena's blessings odius was glorious as in his Golden Days of Bravery in Troy his son Telus with spear and shield Stood Beside him yamakas realizing the mistake he had made tried to negotiate and guaranteed that all of OD deus's dilapidated possessions would be returned in time gold and bronze would be offered in a abundance until his anger was appeased but the rightful king of itha said that all the gold in the world would not stop his Vengeance uracus Advanced against odyusa shot by the king odys is great battle against the dozens of suitors began his enemies were unarmed for telemachus had hidden all the weapons that had been left exposed Ed by Apollo the Silver Bow Archer he shot down the suitors one after another the arrows ran out but there were still dozens of enemies in the hall Telus was defending his father's flank with great bravery and ferocity odyusa were at a great disadvantage realizing that odyusa Athena encouraged him and told him to remember that at Troy he faced and defeated a great number of enemies more skillful and fearless than the suitors inspired by the goddess odyusa the swi herd and faithful servant fitus fought against the suitors eliminating them one after the other the goddess shielded them against any mortal blow odius is victory was absolute all the suitors were dead the palace Hall was filled with corpses and there was a pool of blood on the floor the old made at odys is behest brought Queen Penelope to the reunion but she could not believe that her husband had returned Only a God could have overcome so many adversaries she remained silent before her husband whom she hadn't seen for 20 years without looking him in the eye odyusa appointed by the cold reception from the suspicious Queen demanded that they tidy his bed for he wanted to rest Penelope decided to test him and asked the servant Ura to take odys his bed to another room odyusa thing was impossible he had built the bed for the couple using an oak tree it would be impossible to move it because of its great weight Penelope's eyes sparkled at that moment for only odys could know the details of how the bed had been designed Penelope threw herself into the arms of her beloved husband for whom she had Faithfully waited for his return for 20 years they went to the couple's bedroom to make up for lost time during the night odsis told Penelope much of his adventures on orders from Athena Aurora the goddess of dawn took her time to appear so that the couple would have more time for themselves as the new day dawned are Gods it was there beside his beloved and faithful wife Penelope and his son telemachus who gave him such Pride [Music] [Music] n

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