How the war with Troy began: Helen was the King of Sparta's daughter. She was incredibly beautiful and every man wanted to marry her. After awhile, she married Menelaüs, and he eventually became the King of Sparta after Helen's father died. There was a young prince named Paris who came and stole Helen from the King of Sparta, and the princes of Greece were sent out to get her back for the King, which eventually started the war with Troy.
The Quarrel: After the Greeks took the city of Chryse, they gave different gifts to different chiefs. Agamemnon got Chryseis, the daughter of the priest of Apollo. The priest wanted to buy his daughter back, but Agamemnon refused and enlisted the help of Apollo to get her back. Apollo was angered that the chiefs refused to give Chryseis back, so he spent nine days killing men, dogs and mules in Chryse. Achilles came down from Olympus wanted to kill Agamemnon, but Athene kept him from killing Agamemnon and insisted that he would suffer in other ways and Achilles told him that he was going to suffer in the hands of the Trojans.
The Quarrel cont.: Agamemnon tried to take the Greek's gift to Achilles, and succeeded. Achilles was incredibly upset that she was taken from him, and Thetis (his mother) told him to go visit Zeus and learn of a way to make Agamemnon suffer. This further perpetuated the war. Ulysses took Chryseis back to her father, which lifted the plague from the Greeks.
What Thetis did for her son: Thetis went and visited Zeus to help her son after Agamemnon took away his gifts from the Greeks. This caused a huge problem between Zeus and his wife, Hera, but he still decided to help Achilles. He sent a dream to Agamemnon that made him think he was going to win the war against the Trojans, and convinced him to send the Greeks to battle.
Hector and Andromache: Hector returned from war and requested that his mother make an offering to the gods. Andromache was his wife and he couldn't find her after returning from war.
Hector and Andromache continued: Hector found his wife and she scolded him for continuing to fight the war. Hector still went back to war, and this time Paris followed him.
The Embassy to Achilles: Agamemnon decided he needed Achilles help again, so sent Phoenix, Ajax and Ulysses to talk to him. They had a feast with him and gave him lots of gifts in hopes that he would side with them again.
The Embassy to Achilles cont.: The princes try to convince Achilles to help Agamemnon, but he is obviously really hesitant since Agamemnon did take his gifts from the Geeks. He told the princes that they would never take Troy because Zeus puts too much courage into the people of Troy's hearts.
The Deeds and Death of Patroclus (end): Patroclus decided he wanted to take Troy, and people were upset that he killed Sarpēdon. Apollo urged him to not take Troy, but he ultimately decided to, and Patroclus was eventually killed.
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