Following the death of his companion Patroclus, the Greek hero Achilles returns to the battlefield of the Trojan War with a singular focus on revenge. He pursues the Trojan prince Hector around...
After the Greeks infiltrate Troy using a giant wooden horse, the city is set ablaze and its people are slaughtered. Aeneas, a Trojan prince, is warned by the ghost of Hector to flee and preserve...
The abduction of Helen, the Spartan queen, by the Trojan prince Paris was the event that sparked the legendary Trojan War. Driven by the promises of the goddess Aphrodite, Paris violated the...
After ten long years of siege, the Greek army appeared to abandon their war against Troy, leaving behind a massive wooden horse as a parting gift to the gods. Despite the warnings of a few...
Paris, the prince of Troy, was abandoned as an infant on the slopes of Mount Ida after a prophecy foretold he would cause the city's destruction. Raised by a shepherd and wed to the nymph Oenone,...
During the violent fall of Troy, Ajax the Lesser committed a notorious act of sacrilege by dragging the prophetess Cassandra from the sanctuary of Athena. Cassandra sought protection by clinging...
Tithonus, a handsome Trojan prince, was loved by Eos, the goddess of the dawn, who obtained for him the gift of immortality from Zeus. However, Eos forgot to ask for eternal youth, leading...
Palamedes, a brilliant prince of the Heroic Age, was credited with transforming human civilization through his inventions of the Greek alphabet and dice. During the long preparation for the...
King Laomedon of Troy commissioned the gods Apollo and Poseidon to build the city's legendary walls, but he committed a grave act of hubris by refusing to pay them. His deceit led to divine...
The Trojan princess Hesione is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a terrifying sea monster sent by Poseidon. When the hero Heracles arrives at Troy, he offers to slay the beast in exchange for a...