Stephen Fry

A retelling of the legend of Troy. It is Zeus, the king of the gods, who triggers war when he asks the Trojan prince Paris to judge the fairest goddess of them all. Aphrodite bribes Paris with the heart of Helen, wife of King Menelaus of the Greeks, and naturally, nature takes its course

The Siege of Troy Retold

Troy

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'I still don't understand why you have to leave?'

'My mother is not one to be refused,' said Achilles with a rueful smile. 'She has a strange bee buzzing in her ear. She is convinced there is a war coming and that if I fight in it I will be killed.'

'No, said Patroclus, 'but you are afraid of your mother.'

“It's so small,” he said, tucking the package under his arm, “and so crudely carved.”

“I know,” said Helen. “Like all sacred and truly precious objects it is very plain. Only profane things are beautiful.”

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