![]() Bitter about her exclusion, Eris devised a party-crashing gift to spite the Olympians. Understandably, the goddess of discord, Eris, was not invited to the festivities. The story begins with a celebration on Olympus. How the Olympians Accidentally Started the Trojan War Regardless of the tale’s level of accuracy or the number of contributing authors, the Trojan War is one of the most famous stories within Greek mythology, second only to Odysseus’ adventures returning home from it. Some excellent sources that assemble the pieces include Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, Thomas Bulfinch’s Bulfinch’s Mythology, and Robin Waterfield’s The Greek Myths. Another significant chunk of the story comes from the Roman poet Virgil’s The Aeneid as well as plays by Sophocles and Euripides. It is also interesting to note that no single ancient text provides the complete story of the Trojan War instead, it has been pieced together from several sources, most notably from Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey. The Greeks likely did the same thing with the heroes and events of the Trojan War. Braveheart vividly portrays these facts however, if we were to further compare the film to Scottish history we would quickly see that Mel Gibson took artistic liberties and embellished the tale of William Wallace. History records that William Wallace was brutally executed by the British after he fought for Scottish freedom on the battlefields of Stirling and Falkirk. It might help to think of the story we are about to explore to be like Mel Gibson’s film Braveheart. ![]() There is evidence that a city named Troy did exist and that it was ransacked and destroyed by the Greeks, but the proportions of the battle and some of the events described may have been elaborated by Greek authors. ![]() Scholars are uncertain about the historical details of the Trojan War. Today, all of that background knowledge will come together in the story of the Trojan War. In the previous posts we established the pantheon of Greek gods and goddesses, the origin stories of humanity, and the heroes that inspired the Greeks. Welcome back to our series on Greek mythology. Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Tony Valdes.
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