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Monster Essays - The Trojan War
The Trojan War
Homer was the god who wrote three famous poems, the Illiad, the Oddessy,
and the Beowulf. The Illiad was the story of the Trojan war. Here's how the
Helen, Clytemnestra's sister, was married to Menelaus. A while later,
Menelaus went hunting, and Paris from Troy came and took Helen away. Agamemnon
heard the news and was furious. So, he got together troops and set off to Troy
to get Helen back. But, they couldn't sail out of the bay..the wind held them
back. So they had to sacrafice a maiden. Agamemnon sacraficed Iphigenia, his
daughter. Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife, was NOT happy, for Iphigenia was her
favorite daughter.
Cly....
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