The Greeks besieged Troy for ten years. It was said that the gods took great interest in the war. Hera and Athena still resented Paris for not giving them the Apple of Discord, so they helped the Greek side. Aphrodite assisted the Trojans. Zeus also favored the Trojans, but tried to remain neutral. Eris and her brother Ares helped both sides because they loved war.
In the tenth year of the siege, Agamemnon took Achilles' female prisoner, Briseis, for himself. Achilles was so angry that he refused to fight for the Greeks any longer. But when his friend Patroclus was killed by the mighty Tr…
