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Once there was a city near the city of Troy. It was the city where the Trojan general Hector and his family resided. One day, the gods of Olympus descended upon the city and had a meeting. A meeting that would for eternity tie the name of the city to one of the fiercest battles in the history of mankind.

The gods were angry with the Trojans because King Laomedon had not paid them for building the walls of the city. King Laomedon was arrogant and had insulted the gods by refusing to pay them. The god Apollo had ordered that the city be destroyed but the gods were merciful and spared the city.

The gods have not forgotten the insult. Poseidon and Athena were particularly angry. They decided that Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy, would be the judge of a beauty contest between the goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite.

Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, promised Paris the most beautiful woman in the world if he voted for her. Paris voted for Aphrodite, and she gave him the beautiful Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta.

The Greeks, led by King Agamemnon, were furious when they heard about the abduction of Helen. They gathered a large army and sailed to Troy to rescue her. The siege of Troy lasted for ten years, and many heroes were killed on both sides.

In the end, the Greeks won the war by using a trick. They built a large wooden horse and left it outside the gates of Troy. The Trojans, thinking that the horse was a gift, brought it into the city, but the horse was filled with Greek soldiers who then opened the city gates to the rest of the Greek army.

The city of Troy was sacked and the Trojan War ended.

The story of the Trojan War is a tragedy that has been told for centuries. It is a story of love, betrayal, and war. The city of Troy has become a symbol of all that is lost in war.

When the gods decided to punish the city of Troy, they did not just destroy it. They made sure that the city would be remembered forever as the place where one of the bloodiest wars in history was fought.

The city of Troy is a reminder that war is never the answer. It is a reminder that we must always strive for peace. We must never forget the lessons of the past, or we are doomed to repeat them.