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Contents

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–  War or Peace?

–  How to tell the difference between a Greek and a Trojan warrior.

– What to do when your town is attacked.

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– Who you should support

– Updates on the war

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– The Gods and their ways, what will they do next?

– Aphrodite, the beauty of the gods.

– Special Report: Who is Zeus?

John Yowan – Writer

Mr. Coates - Editor

I. Troy Under Attack, Are We Really Safe? –  Yesterday Agamemnon, King of the Greeks, said to his soldiers, after having a dream with a message from Zeus “Cronus’ son has trapped me in madness,” He continued saying, “He bowed his head that I should never embark for home till I had brought the walls of Ilium crashing down.”

Agamemnon then tested his army by saying they were going home. His soldiers began heading for the ships when Athena convinced Odysseus to rally and shame the Greek army into staying.

II. Paris Challenges Menelaos – Yesterday it was reported that Paris of Troy had challenged Menelaos of Greece. According to the Report Paris challenged Menelaos to a duel and whoever won would be awarded Helen. Priam swore an oath with Agamemnon to respect the results of the duel. Paris started the duel by throwing his spear at Menelaos but it did not pierce Menelaos’ shield.

Paris Fighting Menelaos

Greek Hero fights Trojan.

Menelaos then threw his own spear that did not have any effect on Paris. Menelaos then tried to kill Paris with his sword but Paris was taken away from the fight by a strange cloud. As they dueled Menelaos began to win but was soon shot with an arrow by a Trojan named Pandaros and the truce was broken. When interviewed he said,  “Athena told me to shoot Menelaos so I did.” The arrow only grazed Menelaos but it was just enough to break the truce.

III. Apollo Angered – A few days ago Apollo took out his anger by spreading plague through the Greek troops because of Agamemnon’s refusal to return the daughter Chryseis of his priest.

When Agamemnon learned from a seer why Apollo was mad he agreed to give the daughter back, but wanted compensation. This angered the Greek Hero Achilles, according to reports. After exchanging threats Agamemnon took Achilles prize woman, Briseis. During an interview with Achilles he said “I have gone to my mother to help me against Agamemnon.”

IV. Who Does Zeus Support?

According to Troy, Zeus supports them. However Agamemnon claims Zeus supports him. He said in his last speech “Cronus’ son… bowed his head that I should never embark for home till I had brought the walls of Ilium crashing down.”

Achilles’ mother has gone to Zeus to persuade him to make the battle go badly for the Greeks, so they will see that they should not have dishonored him. At around the same time Zeus sent Agamemnon a dream saying that he would help the Greeks win.