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5 Facts About Helen of Troy
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Helen was born in 1200B.C.
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Helen was the cause of the start of the Trojan War
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She was kidnapped at the age of 12 by Theseus
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Helen had a daughter and a son
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After Paris died Helen married his brother Deiphobus
3 Facts About Athena
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Athena was the Goddess of War, the female counterpart of Ares.
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She came from Zeus’s forehead fully grown
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She was Zeus’s favorite child
3 Facts About Aphrodite
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Aphrodite was the goddess of fertility, love, and beauty.
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She was the mother of Hermaphroditus by Hermes.
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Aphrodite used a swan-drawn car to glide easily through the air.
3 Facts About Hera
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Hera was Queen of the Olympian gods.
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She was the wife and sister of Zeus.
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The peacock was sacred to her.
3 Facts About Poseidon
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Poseidon was allotted his dominion after the fall of the Titans.
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Poseidon was worshipped as a fertility god.
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His name is Greek for “husband.”
3 Facts About Zeus
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Hades and Poseidon were his brothers.
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His wife Hera was also his sister.
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Zeus was not a faithful husband; he was known for having many affairs
with mortal women.
Trojan Horse
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It was a huge wooden Horse
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The Greeks pretended to sail away and the Trojans pulled the horse into
their city as a victory trophy
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Greeks were hiding inside waiting to kill the Trojans
Trojan War
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Apollo was on Troys side during the war and aided Paris' arrow that went
into Achilles heel and killed him
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The Greek hero Odysseus thought to build the Trojan War Horse.
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Ares (the god of war) was on the Trojans side.
Agamemnon and Menelaus
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Menelaus was the youngest son of Atreus
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War was very big since Agamemnon united all Greek forces. He also got a
help from Achilles.
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After Agamemnon returned home from Troy, he was assassinated by
Aegisthus.
Hector and Paris
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Paris was the son of King Priam
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He was consequently expelled from his family as an infant.
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Paris and Hector were brothers