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THE TROJAN WAR
TROY
Laomedon, the legendary King of Troy, son of Ilus and Eurydice and father of Podarces (later famous as King Priam of Troy) brought about his own destruction and that of the initial city of Troy, by not keeping his word.
Laomedon refused to give the gods Apollo and Poseidon a promised reward for building the original walls of Troy. The gods sent a pestilence and a sea monster to ravage the land.
An oracle revealed to Laomedon that the only way to save Troy would be to sacrifice his daughter Hesione. She was bound to a rock to await her death by the sea monster.
The Greek hero Heracles who happened to be at Troy, offered to kill the sea monster and rescue Hesione in exchange for Laomedon’s divine horses, which had been a gift from the god Zeus to Tros, Laomedon’s grandfather.
Once Heracles had killed the monster and saved Hesione, Laomedon refused to give up the horses.
Heracles left Troy and then returned with a band of warriors, captured the city, and killed Laomedon and all his sons except for Priam, and Tithonus.
It was Priam who set about rebuilding the walls of Troy. Priam became a natural leader and had a deep understanding of trade and exchange. The location of Troy at the mouth of the Hellespont, the straits through which all sea traffic too and from the east were obliged by geography to pass. This afforded Troy tremendous opportunities for enrichment. The tolls and tariffs meant the city grew in greatness and wealth.
The towers and Priam’s new palace reached higher than the levels of the walls, and gleamed in the sun to tell the world that Troy, the jewel of the Aegean, was the greatest city in the world, ruled over by a mighty king and prospering under the protection of the gods.
TROY-01
THE TROJAN WAR,
TROY AND HER ALLIES,
THE SOUTH TOWER.
(1 pc)
Model Size 11” x 6 ¼” x 6”
(15” x 9 ½” x 9” box size 3.91kg weight)
Large towers were usually built into the walls of Troy to defend a major gateway. The South tower was built to guard the Scaean Gate.
The Eastern wall was also reinforced by a large tower. This massive bastion at the north east corner of the city was built to defend a well which was the main water supply.
The city walls of Troy will be available over the next 4 months. The total width of all the Troy wall sets together, as seen in the above picture will be 32” and approximately 8” depth.
TROY-05
THE TROJAN WAR,
TROY AND HER ALLIES,
TROJAN SHRINES.
(5 pcs)
Trojan shrines to past kings, such as Laomedon, were placed at the base of the South Tower and Scaean Gateway.
Laomedon was buried near the Scaean Gate, and according to legend, as long as his grave remained undisturbed, the walls of Troy would remain impregnable.
TROY AND HER ALLIES
The Trojans, too had their semi-divine heroes and these included Hector (son of Priam), Aeneas, Sarpedon, and Glaucus, just to name a few. They also had help from the gods, receiving assistance during the battle from Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares and Leto.
DEIPHOBUS
In Greek Mythology, Deiphobus was a son of Priam and Hecuba. He was a prince of Troy, and the greatest of Priam’s sons after Hector and paris.
Deiphobus is known to have killed four men of fame in the Trojan War.
TWT-05
THE TROJAN WAR,
TROY AND HER ALLIES,
DEIPHOBUS, PRINCE OF TROY.
(2 pcs)
According to the Iliad, Deiphobus along with his brother Helenus, led a group of soldiers at the siege of the newly constructed Greek wall and killed many, and wounded the hero Meriones.
As Hector was fleeing Achilles, Athena took the shape of Deiphobus and goaded Hector to make a stand and fight. Hector thinking it was his brother, listened and threw his spear at Achilles. When the spear missed, Hector turned around to ask his brother for another spear, but “Deiphobus” had vanished.
It was then Hector knew the gods had deceived and forsaken him, and he met his fate at the hand of Achilles.
After the death of Paris, Deiphobus was given Helen of troy as a bride for his deeds in the war, defeating the bid of his brother, Helenus.
During the sack of Troy, Deiphobus was slain by either Odysseus or Menelaus, and his body was mutilated.
THE GREEKS
Traditionally, the Trojan War arose from a sequence of events beginning with a quarrel between the goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. Eris the goddess of discord, was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, and so arrived bearing a gift. A golden apple, inscribed “for the fairest”.
Each of the goddesses claimed to be the “fairest”, and the rightful owner of the apple. They submitted the judgement to a shepherd they encountered tending his flock. Each of the goddesses promised the young man a boon in return for his favour. Power, wisdom, or love. The youth, in fact Paris, a Trojan prince who had been raised in the countryside, chose love, and awarded the apple to Aphrodite.
As his reward, Aphrodite caused Helen, the Queen of Sparta, and the most beautiful of all women, to fall in love with Paris.
The judgement of Paris earned him the ire of both Hera and Athena, and when Helen left her husband, Menelaus, the Spartan king, for Paris of Troy, Menelaus called upon all the kings and princes of Greece to wage war upon Troy.
Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon King of Mycenae, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris’ insult. After the death of many heroes, including the Achaeans, Achilles, Ajax and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse.
The Achaeans slaughtered the Trojans, except for some of the women and children whom they kept or sold as slaves. They desecrated the temples, thus earning the wrath of the gods.
Few of the Achaeans returned safely to their homes, and many founded colonies in distant shores.
The Romans later traced their origin to Aeneas, Aphrodite’s son and one of the Trojans, who was said to have led the surviving Trojans to modern day Italy.
DEMOPHON
Demophon was the son of Theseus and Phaedra, and brother of Acamas.
He fought with his brother in the Trojan War, and was among those who entered the city in the Trojan Horse.
The brothers freed their grandmother Aethra, who had been captured by the Dioscuri and served Helen as a handmaid for a while, and brought her home.
TWG-11
THE TROJAN WAR,
THE GREEKS
DEMOPHON.
(1 pc)
Demophon married Phyllis, daughter of a Thracian king, while he stopped in Thrace on his journey home from the Trojan War.
On the next day after the wedding, he had to leave, promising to return and take Phyllis with him as soon as possible. She gave him a casket and told him not to open it unless he should lose every hope to return to Thrace.
Demophon eventually settled in Cyprus and forgot about Phillis. She would come to the sea shore every day, expecting to see the sails of his ship, but in vain. After the appointed date was past, she either died or killed herself.
One day Demophon opened the casket out of curiosity, what he saw there was so horrifying that he jumped onto his horse and rode wildly away, until he fell off his horse onto his own sword, and died.
** PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION **
THE TROJAN WAR
TROY
Laomedon, the legendary King of Troy, son of Ilus and Eurydice and father of Podarces (later famous as King Priam of Troy) brought about his own destruction and that of the initial city of Troy, by not keeping his word.
Laomedon refused to give the gods Apollo and Poseidon a promised reward for building the original walls of Troy. The gods sent a pestilence and a sea monster to ravage the land.
An oracle revealed to Laomedon that the only way to save Troy would be to sacrifice his daughter Hesione. She was bound to a rock to await her death by the sea monster.
The Greek hero Heracles who happened to be at Troy, offered to kill the sea monster and rescue Hesione in exchange for Laomedon’s divine horses, which had been a gift from the god Zeus to Tros, Laomedon’s grandfather.
Once Heracles had killed the monster and saved Hesione, Laomedon refused to give up the horses.
Heracles left Troy and then returned with a band of warriors, captured the city, and killed Laomedon and all his sons except for Priam, and Tithonus.
It was Priam who set about rebuilding the walls of Troy. Priam became a natural leader and had a deep understanding of trade and exchange. The location of Troy at the mouth of the Hellespont, the straits through which all sea traffic too and from the east were obliged by geography to pass. This afforded Troy tremendous opportunities for enrichment. The tolls and tariffs meant the city grew in greatness and wealth.
The towers and Priam’s new palace reached higher than the levels of the walls, and gleamed in the sun to tell the world that Troy, the jewel of the Aegean, was the greatest city in the world, ruled over by a mighty king and prospering under the protection of the gods.
TROY-01
THE TROJAN WAR,
TROY AND HER ALLIES,
THE SOUTH TOWER.
(1 pc)
Model Size 11” x 6 ¼” x 6”
(15” x 9 ½” x 9” box size 3.91kg weight)
Large towers were usually built into the walls of Troy to defend a major gateway. The South tower was built to guard the Scaean Gate.
The Eastern wall was also reinforced by a large tower. This massive bastion at the north east corner of the city was built to defend a well which was the main water supply.
The city walls of Troy will be available over the next 4 months. The total width of all the Troy wall sets together, as seen in the above picture will be 32” and approximately 8” depth.
TROY-05
THE TROJAN WAR,
TROY AND HER ALLIES,
TROJAN SHRINES.
(5 pcs)
Trojan shrines to past kings, such as Laomedon, were placed at the base of the South Tower and Scaean Gateway.
Laomedon was buried near the Scaean Gate, and according to legend, as long as his grave remained undisturbed, the walls of Troy would remain impregnable.
TROY AND HER ALLIES
The Trojans, too had their semi-divine heroes and these included Hector (son of Priam), Aeneas, Sarpedon, and Glaucus, just to name a few. They also had help from the gods, receiving assistance during the battle from Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares and Leto.
DEIPHOBUS
In Greek Mythology, Deiphobus was a son of Priam and Hecuba. He was a prince of Troy, and the greatest of Priam’s sons after Hector and paris.
Deiphobus is known to have killed four men of fame in the Trojan War.
TWT-05
THE TROJAN WAR,
TROY AND HER ALLIES,
DEIPHOBUS, PRINCE OF TROY.
(2 pcs)
According to the Iliad, Deiphobus along with his brother Helenus, led a group of soldiers at the siege of the newly constructed Greek wall and killed many, and wounded the hero Meriones.
As Hector was fleeing Achilles, Athena took the shape of Deiphobus and goaded Hector to make a stand and fight. Hector thinking it was his brother, listened and threw his spear at Achilles. When the spear missed, Hector turned around to ask his brother for another spear, but “Deiphobus” had vanished.
It was then Hector knew the gods had deceived and forsaken him, and he met his fate at the hand of Achilles.
After the death of Paris, Deiphobus was given Helen of troy as a bride for his deeds in the war, defeating the bid of his brother, Helenus.
During the sack of Troy, Deiphobus was slain by either Odysseus or Menelaus, and his body was mutilated.
THE GREEKS
Traditionally, the Trojan War arose from a sequence of events beginning with a quarrel between the goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. Eris the goddess of discord, was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, and so arrived bearing a gift. A golden apple, inscribed “for the fairest”.
Each of the goddesses claimed to be the “fairest”, and the rightful owner of the apple. They submitted the judgement to a shepherd they encountered tending his flock. Each of the goddesses promised the young man a boon in return for his favour. Power, wisdom, or love. The youth, in fact Paris, a Trojan prince who had been raised in the countryside, chose love, and awarded the apple to Aphrodite.
As his reward, Aphrodite caused Helen, the Queen of Sparta, and the most beautiful of all women, to fall in love with Paris.
The judgement of Paris earned him the ire of both Hera and Athena, and when Helen left her husband, Menelaus, the Spartan king, for Paris of Troy, Menelaus called upon all the kings and princes of Greece to wage war upon Troy.
Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon King of Mycenae, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris’ insult. After the death of many heroes, including the Achaeans, Achilles, Ajax and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse.
The Achaeans slaughtered the Trojans, except for some of the women and children whom they kept or sold as slaves. They desecrated the temples, thus earning the wrath of the gods.
Few of the Achaeans returned safely to their homes, and many founded colonies in distant shores.
The Romans later traced their origin to Aeneas, Aphrodite’s son and one of the Trojans, who was said to have led the surviving Trojans to modern day Italy.
DEMOPHON
Demophon was the son of Theseus and Phaedra, and brother of Acamas.
He fought with his brother in the Trojan War, and was among those who entered the city in the Trojan Horse.
The brothers freed their grandmother Aethra, who had been captured by the Dioscuri and served Helen as a handmaid for a while, and brought her home.
TWG-11
THE TROJAN WAR,
THE GREEKS
DEMOPHON.
(1 pc)
Demophon married Phyllis, daughter of a Thracian king, while he stopped in Thrace on his journey home from the Trojan War.
On the next day after the wedding, he had to leave, promising to return and take Phyllis with him as soon as possible. She gave him a casket and told him not to open it unless he should lose every hope to return to Thrace.
Demophon eventually settled in Cyprus and forgot about Phillis. She would come to the sea shore every day, expecting to see the sails of his ship, but in vain. After the appointed date was past, she either died or killed herself.
One day Demophon opened the casket out of curiosity, what he saw there was so horrifying that he jumped onto his horse and rode wildly away, until he fell off his horse onto his own sword, and died.
** PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION **
