In approximately 1250 BC, during the Bronze Age, a significant war known as the Trojan War took place between the city of Troy and the Achaeans, also known as the Greeks. The main cause of the Trojan War was the kidnapping of Helen, the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. To get his wife back, the Greeks had to go to war and break through the walls of Troy, which were too high for a predator to penetrate. The Greeks had to come up with a cunning plan to infiltrate the city, and the great warrior Odysseus strategized. To win the Trojan War, the Greeks built a large wooden horse to hide the warriors inside. The Greeks left the horse as a gift to the Trojans and withdrew their troops. The Trojans brought the horse into the city, ignoring the warriors hiding there. That night, the warriors dismounted and opened the city gates, allowing Greek troops to launch a surprise attack and sack Troy. Without this strategic tactic, the Greeks' attempt to win the war would not have been as successful. The events leading up to the Trojan War began long before the war itself. The main cause of this bloody war began during the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. According to a known myth, the goddess Eris was not invited to the wedding. Outraged, she decided to throw a golden apple, inscribed “For the fairest”, among the goddesses (Coolidge). Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, present at the wedding, began to fight for the golden apple. Zeus, the king of the gods, then asked Paris, a Trojan prince, to decide who would win the trophy. Instead of Paris deciding who would win, the three goddesses attempted to win through corruption....... middle of paper ...... Some soldiers blamed the terrible winds on Agamemnon because he said that he could hunt better than the goddess. Artemis. By saying this, he had offended her and then had the Greeks punished. Now that the goddess was angry, they had to please her so that the winds would stop. The seer Calchas said that Agamemnon should sacrifice his beloved daughter, Iphigenia, on an altar..