The Trojan War
特洛伊战争

The Trojan War was the greatest conflict in the Greek mythology, a war that was to influence people in literature and arts for centuries. The war was fought between the Greeks and Trojans with their allies, upon a Phrygian city of Troy (Ilium), on Asia Minor (modern Turkey). The war lasted for ten years and it has been traditionally dated from 1194 BC to 1184 BC.
特洛伊战争是希腊神话中最著名的战争之一，对后世的文学和艺术产生了深远的影响。这场持续了10年的战争(传统上认为是公元前1194年—公元前1184年)发生在小亚细亚(现在的土耳其)一座名为特洛伊的佛里吉亚城市，在希腊联合远征军和特洛伊军之间展开。

Helen of Troy would become the cause of the epic Trojan War. She was the most beautiful woman in the world, and Aphrodite promised her to Paris as a bribe to choose her as the most beautiful woman. Paris went to Sparta，where，as Aphrodite had told him，the most beautiful woman of the time, Helen, lived. King Menelaus, Helen's husband, generously received him but Paris returned his host's kindness with no thanks. In the king's absence he persuaded Helen to elope with him to Troy. To payback, Greek took up arms. The Trojan war broke out.
海伦是这场大规模战争的导火索。她是世界上最漂亮的女人，阿佛洛狄忒为了贿赂帕里斯得到金苹果，把她许配给了帕里斯。帕里斯来到斯巴达，因为阿佛洛狄忒曾经告诉他，当时最美的女子——海伦就住在那儿。海伦的丈夫，墨涅劳斯国王热情地款待了帕里斯。不料帕里斯却恩将仇报，趁着国王不在，说服海伦与他一起私奔到特洛伊城。为了报仇雪恨，希腊人民拿起武器，特洛伊战争爆发了。

At the end of nine years the Greeks designed a great wooden horse，in which some Greek soldiers hid themselves，and made believe to withdraw. Taken in by rumor that the horse had been sent by Athena, the overjoyed Trojans hauled it into their capital. At night the hidden Greeks crawled out and threw the whole city into confusion. Troy was robbed. The Trojan War consumed the lives of Greece's warriors, thus ending the age of heroes.
当战争打到第九年年底的时候，希腊人精心制作了一匹庞大的木马，一些希腊士兵藏进了马腹。与此同时，希腊军队假装撤兵，并散布谣言：这匹马是雅典娜送来的。信以为真的特洛伊人欢天喜地地将马迎进城里。夜幕降临，隐藏的希腊士兵们蹑手蹑脚地从马肚里钻出来，使整座城市陷入一片混乱之中。特洛伊城被洗劫一空。这场战争吞噬了许多希腊武士的生命，也因此结束了英雄的时代。