One of the great events in history is the Siege of Troy, a real event that took place a little more than three thousand years ago. In it the soul of a new nation was born and with it began a new civilization. From the ashes of Troy arose Hellas, mighty and wise and perfect in fullness. In that war participated not only the heroic warriors but also powerful gods and goddesses. It was a willed event, and there seems no doubt about it. But there were fit and capable instruments also to bring it about, into reality. Even today we owe such a great deal, that we begin to wonder if such a gift could come to we small mortal creatures at all. Nine years went by and it was the last year of the siege. Chryses the priest of Apollo was offended and the Greek army was afflicted by a plague let loose by the god. But, in a side story, the defeatless Achilles was sulking and refused to put on his armour, refused to rush into the battle. Agamemnon, the leader of the front, pleaded Thetis, Achilles’s mother, to intercede with Zeus with a strategy to give upper hand to the Trojans, making it imperative for Achilles to step in. It worked.

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