What started the Trojan War?
About thirty centuries ago, on a land known as Troy, a war started between Grecians and Trojans on due to three discrete reasons (Trojan War, History.com). As a result of this war, many lives were lost but the Grecians eventually won after ten gruesome years of fighting (Cartwright, Mark. "Trojan War."). This war was fought because of the “capture” of Helen. It is said that the disappearance of Helen was a result of a curse on the House of Atreuis. However, others believe the Trojan War occurred because of Heracles’ mercy. Some still believe the second downfall of Troy was a result of Paris’s ruling.
After the ruler of Troy cheated Heracles out of some payment, Heracles retaliated with a large army. Heracles’s militia eventually destroyed Troy’s walls, ended King Laomeden’s rule and occupied the city of Troy. Among the prisoners of war was princess Hesione. She was the daughter of Laomeden and had been rescued from a sea monster by Heracles. Heracles said that the princess would be …show more content…
Zeus’s son, Tantalus, endorsed the curse on the House of Atreuis. Tantalus was a mortal, and was allowed to dine with the gods. Tantalus thought of himself as an equal to the great gods. He invited all the gods to a feast on Earth. The meal that Tantalus provided was odd and sick. The special appetizer consisted of his own son, Pelops. Understood what had occurred and became extremely upset, the gods banished Tantalus to be tormented in the underworld. To make the punishment even worse, the gods surrounded Tantalus with fruit trees and put him a pool of water that was knee deep. That way, whenever Tantalus attempted to get some water or reached for a fruit, the water would sink and the trees’ limbs would retract. As a result of this incident, Zeus resurrected Pelops, and cursed the following generations that follows Tantalus. (Kamil, Miraim. "The Curse of the House of
About thirty centuries ago, on a land known as Troy, a war started between Grecians and Trojans on due to three discrete reasons (Trojan War, History.com). As a result of this war, many lives were lost but the Grecians eventually won after ten gruesome years of fighting (Cartwright, Mark. "Trojan War."). This war was fought because of the “capture” of Helen. It is said that the disappearance of Helen was a result of a curse on the House of Atreuis. However, others believe the Trojan War occurred because of Heracles’ mercy. Some still believe the second downfall of Troy was a result of Paris’s ruling.
After the ruler of Troy cheated Heracles out of some payment, Heracles retaliated with a large army. Heracles’s militia eventually destroyed Troy’s walls, ended King Laomeden’s rule and occupied the city of Troy. Among the prisoners of war was princess Hesione. She was the daughter of Laomeden and had been rescued from a sea monster by Heracles. Heracles said that the princess would be …show more content…
Zeus’s son, Tantalus, endorsed the curse on the House of Atreuis. Tantalus was a mortal, and was allowed to dine with the gods. Tantalus thought of himself as an equal to the great gods. He invited all the gods to a feast on Earth. The meal that Tantalus provided was odd and sick. The special appetizer consisted of his own son, Pelops. Understood what had occurred and became extremely upset, the gods banished Tantalus to be tormented in the underworld. To make the punishment even worse, the gods surrounded Tantalus with fruit trees and put him a pool of water that was knee deep. That way, whenever Tantalus attempted to get some water or reached for a fruit, the water would sink and the trees’ limbs would retract. As a result of this incident, Zeus resurrected Pelops, and cursed the following generations that follows Tantalus. (Kamil, Miraim. "The Curse of the House of