Sorry for how long that was, but I hold this part of the mythology very close to my heart. Anyway, more about the Trojans - when Paris had to choose between the three goddesses, he was bribed by all three but ultimately took Aphrodite's bribe of marrying the most beautiful woman in the world. despite already having a girlfriend. So on her instruction, he went back to Troy, and then they kidnapped Helen of Sparta, who was already married to Menelaus of Sparta. So obviously he was upset that his wife had been kidnapped, and the Grecians (they had OVER A THOUSANDS SHIPS, EACH WITH MULTIPLE MEN-
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-JUST TO SACK ONE CITY. BRUV.) came to his aid. So that's the Iliad and the Odyssey, I guess, which I could yap about endlessly as well. Anyway, Paris constantly refused to give up Helen despite urgings from the other Trojans, so they were all killed. If you looked at the tags, you might be wondering who TF is Hector. Hector was another of the Trojan princes, and if you've listened to EPIC or read the Iliad you'll know that he had a son, Astyanax, who Odysseus YEETS off a wall because Zeus. Hates. Babies. A lot. Genuinely though I love those guys so much - it depresses me to think about them-
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