Summary of The Movie Troy
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ScribdTranslationsTroy is an epic war film that depicts the legendary conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans.
The story follows the Trojan prince Paris who falls in love with Helen, the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Paris' abduction of Helen leads to a massive Greek expedition to retrieve her, culminating in the famous siege of Troy. Major characters include Achilles, Hector, and Agamemnon, with themes of honor, love, and betrayal woven throughout the narrative. The film showcases grand battles, heroic deeds, and the tragic consequences of war.
Paris and his brother Hector were in Sparta celebrating the peace between Trojans and Spartans.
Paris, prince of Troy, began a romantic adventure with Helen, the wife of Menelaus.
the king of Sparta. The night they were going to leave, Paris took Helena with the Trojans and
Although Hector wanted to take her back to Sparta, in the end, they took her to Troy. Menelaus to
he found out and went to look for his brother Agamemnon, who was the king of Greece, and told him what
time had passed and Menelaus wanted to go to Troy to regain his honor, on the other hand, Agamemnon
he found the perfect opportunity to invade Troy. The Greeks went to invade the beaches
Trojans along with other armies controlled by Agamemnon. Achilles, who was his best.
warrior, controlled the Myrmidons, a group of men with whom he fought and who
they also went to war. On the first day, everything seemed to favor the Greeks as
they easily took over the Trojan beaches. On the second day of fighting, the tables turned and
After the death of Menelaus at the hands of Hector, Agamemnon changed his objective and only sought
destroy Troy. Achilles met Briseis, a Trojan priestess whom he fell in love with, she
it made him reflect on what he was doing and finally, Achilles decided to return to Greece along with the
Myrmidons. That night, the Trojans attacked the Greek camp and the Myrmidons,
led by Patroclus, Achilles' cousin, went to fight thinking that it was Achilles who
he was giving orders, since Patroclus was wearing his armor and they moved the same. Hector, also
he thought he was Achilles and fought against him, killing him. Achilles, upon learning of what had happened, entered
in rage and went to seek Hector to fight him, Achilles killed him and took his corpse.
Priam, king of Troy and father of Hector, went to retrieve his son's body, sneaking into the
Greek camp, he wanted to give him a dignified funeral and Achilles allowed him, moreover, he granted him 12
days of peace to celebrate the funeral. During those 12 days, the Greeks built a horse
of wood that was left at the gates of Troy as an offering, they made the Trojans believe
that they had left and these took the horse. They spent the whole day celebrating the
supposedly part of the Greeks and when night came, everyone was drunk. The Greeks
They took the opportunity and dismounted from the horse and devastated all of Troy. Achilles went to fetch Briseis.
why she let her go with Priam when he went to find his son's corpse. Paris appeared and
he killed Achilles by shooting multiple arrows all over his body. Agamemnon died at the hands of
Briseida and Priam were killed by Agamemnon. In the end, a few Trojans managed to
To flee and in what remained of Troy, they held a funeral for Achilles.