Paris was deemed the most handsome man in the world. On his birth, however, his half-sister, Cassandra, had a vision that the child will bring Troy to ruins. As a result, Priam the king of Troy abandoned the child beneathe a hill, hoping that the elements shall take his life. However, he was found by local farmers and raised. On a fateful day, one of his lambs wandered too far into a cave. Looking for it, Paris came upon the three goddess, Athena, Hera and Aphrodite. He was to judge their beauty and give a golden apple to the fairest of them all. Each goddess promised a reward for the apple. Athena offered honour and glory through all eternity, Hera the wealth of the ages and Aphrodite the most beautiful of mortal women. Paris chose Aphrodite, and thus, sow the seeds of Troy's destruction. Paris was returned to the halls of King Priam when the King finally recognised his son as the athletic youth who surpass all other men of Troy. Later, on an envoy to Sparta, Paris received Aphrodite's reward as he stole Helen from Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Enraged, Menelaus called upon Agamemnon, his brother and King of Mycenae. Calling upon the past pact to defend Helen and the honour of Greece, the most powerful of Greeks gathered by the ports of Mycenae. Among them, was the young Achilles, who is believed to be utterly invincible and his Myrmidons, the most powerful of all Greek armies. The destruction of Troy was to begin, however, Agamemnon mercilessly sacrificed his daughter to the goddess Artemis. On that day, the Greeks beared down on Troy as they crossed the Aegean sea. The walls of Troy was believed to be unbreechable. To the Greeks, it was no different. The war endured for nine long years. Towards the end of the battle, Agamemnon offended Achilles as he snatched his slave girl. A bitter freud erupted amidst the Greeks as Achilles withdrew from battle. Without the mighty Myrmidons, the Greeks were driven right back to their ships. Their loss was only prevented by one Patroclus, who dressed in Achille's armour, led the Myrmidons to the failing Greek defences. In his thrill of battle, Patroclus wondered too far. He was slaughtered by Hector, the oldest and strongest of Trojan Princes. Saddened by the loss of his friend and hellbent on revenge, Achilles returned to battle. Agamemnon seized upon this and sent his apologies and returned the slave girl to Achilles. With a new suit of armour made by Hephaestus the blacksmith god, Achilles rode into battle the next day. The Trojan soldiers were driven back into the city. By the end Hector was slain. Achilles returned victorious. The war continued on. In the hope of peace, Priam offered a princess to Achilles. However, at the end of the negotiations, Paris voilated the peace offer and shot Achilles in the ankle, the only place Achilles was vulnerable. The short and glorious life of the Greek Hero ended at last. Without its most powerful hero, the war was fought without any break through. Finally, the wise Odysseus came upon a plan to breech the walls. On the final night, the Greeks abandoned their camps and set sail, leaving on the beach a giant wooden horse. Mistaken for a gift to Poseidon, Troy pulled the horse into the city. Hours later, when the Trojans were asleep drunk from celebrations, the Greek heros lept from the belly of the horse and opened the gates of Troy. As the Greek Army flooded into the city, Troy was still deep in its drunken dreams. After a brief battle, little more than a slaughter, Troy was burnt to the ground. The Greeks, after nine long years, set sail and returned to their homes.