In order for the Greek army to sail to Troy, they had to do something which in today's society would be completely wrong. They had to sacrifice someone in order to sail to Troy. They had to sacrifice Agamemnon's daughter, Iphigenia. Agamemnon had done one of the following which upset Diana. He killed one of her stags or made a careless boast. Either way, this upset Diana, who made the sea unable to travel on. I believe this is awful. I wouldn't feel very safe if it took human sacrifice to please a god. Even human sacrifice is mentioned in the Bible in Genesis, not sure exactly where. Abraham is asked by God to sacrifice his one and only son, but God only told him this as a test to test Abraham's faith in him. Abraham never sacrificed his son because God stopped him. I am a christian, but if God required human sacrifice I probably wouldn't be. Anyway, I would hate to serve a god who required this.
I believe a good female actress for the part of Helen would be Emma Stone. Emma is a beautiful girl, but also smart and witty. Helen was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world at this time, so I believe Emma fits that role. I also think that Helen was probably smart and witty. I mean she left her husband and took some of his wealth with her. She had to be smart to pull that off in this time.
The Palladium was a statue of Athena, goddess of wisdom. I'm not really sure why they had to steal it, but my guess would be that it would disgrace Athena if her statue was in Troy when it fell. It could have symbolized her protection over the city.
The Trojan Horse is probably one of the greatest tricks in all of history. It took the Trojans completely by surprise. The idea for the Trojan Horse came from Odysseus. Some may say that Athena helped him with the idea, but I don't really believe in the Greek gods so I think it was all him.
Good job. 15 points
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