TROY (THE MOVIE) & ILIAD (THE BOOK)

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Agamemnon is at Thessaly, preparing to fight the local kingdom.

Before starting the battle, the thessalonian king proposes to Agamemnon a duel between Achilles and Boagrius, the local champion warrior.
Achilles wins easily, the thessalian king gives his scepter to Achilles. Achilles refuses, saying that Agamemnon is not his king.

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Hector and Paris go to a diplomatic visit to Sparta to seal a peace agreement between Sparta and Troy and before returning home Paris manages to smuggle Helen, the queen of Sparta and wife of Menelau, bringing her to Troy.

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It infuriates Menelau and his brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenas, who has the intention to defeat Troy in order to expand his kingdom, imediatly organize a big army, joining all the greek confederation. Before going to Troy, Nestor, Agamemnons counsilor, advises him to convince Achilles to join the army. Odysseus goes to talk

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At first Achilles refuses to joing the confederation and consult his mother Thetis. She says him: If he stay, he will have peace, love and long life but his name will be forgotten. If he goes, he will find glory in combat but will die there. He decides to go to war.

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When the fleet of ships reachs the beaches of Troy, Achilles and his men, before the confrontation begins, goes to the temple of Apollo, desecrate the temple and Achilles kidnaps Briseis, daugther of the priest, bringing her to his tent. Meanwhile, before the combat begins, Agamemnon sends soldiers to Achilles tent to take Briseis from him. It puts Achilles deep furious and he decides dont go to war with his men.

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When Greeks and Trojans were face to face, Paris suggests to the greeks a duel between him and Menelau, in order to decide the case of Hellen. Greeks accepted it, the duel takes place and Paris is wounded, when Menelau is ready to finish the job, Hector rescues Paris, killing Menelau. Greeks immediately attacks Trojans and the war goes on. Trojans easily repelled Greeks, by the actions of their skilled battalion of archers and Agamemnon

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Giving to the Greek a entertainment, Agamemnon gives Briseis to his troop, to be abused. On the verge of being raped and branded with a hot iron, she is rescued by Achilles.

Bringing her to his tent again, they engage in conversation, she is hostile to Achilles and he says her that he is not brute. Moments later they are engaged in love.

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Achilles decides to go back home but Patroclus begs Achilles to allow him take part in the battle. Patroclus takes Aquilles' armour, sword and spear, and when he was in the battlefield, Hector, thinking Patroclus is Achilles, kills Patroclus. Achilles, who is out of the battle, angered with Agamemnon, now moves his anger to the Hector.

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After the funeral of Patroclus, Achilles returns to the battlefield, goes to Trojan walls, challenging Hector. Both duel for minutes and Achilles kills Hector, attaching his body to his chariot, dragging him back to the Greek camp.

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During the night, Priam goes to the Greek camp to supplicate Achilles to give him back Hectors body for the funeral. In an attitude of humiliation to the best warrior, Priam kisses Achilles hands. Touched, Achilles cries, giving to Priam Hectors body and Briseis, who was took from the Apollos temple. Greeks and Priam agrees a cease fire of twelve days for

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Greeks make a huge wooden horse, being careful to accommodate as much armed soldiers as they can inside the horse. The horse is pushed to the gates of Troy and Greeks announce to Troy that the horse is a gift to seal a peace agreement. Naively, Trojans open the gate, pulling the horse inside.
During the night the soldiers inside the horse, open the gates to Agamemnons troop that was in front of the gates, ready for the

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During the destruction of Troy, Agamemnon kills Priam. Meanwhile, Achilles searches for Briseis but Agamemnon finds her before and while trying to rape her, she stabs and kills him. Meanwhile Paris shots an arrow to Achilles, hitting his heel.