From Ilion and Ithaca

 OF ILION AND ITHAQUE

Paris, one of the sons of Priam, King of Ilion, kidnaps Helen of Sparta, wife of King Menenas. To avenge this affront, the Greeks rallied under the command of Agamemnon, who sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia in exchange for a favourable wind for the Greek fleet. The siege of Ilion lasted 10 years, with varying fortunes: Greeks and Trojans clashed, favoured or betrayed by the attentive gods; Hector, the Trojan, killed Patroclus, who was fighting under Achilles' breastplate, before falling in his turn to the hero, who dragged his body under the ramparts. The city of Ilion succumbs, pillaged and burnt by the Greeks, who deceive the Trojans by faking their departure: a few Greeks hidden in a wooden horse open the gates to the invaders.