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Thetis warns Achilles of the prophecy that he will die if he goes to war in Troy but his name will live on forever.

Helen is taken by Paris which starts the Trojan War.

Achilles kills Hector

King Priam sneaks into the greek camp to request the body of Hector from Achilles.

Aeneas is said to be the founder of a new Troy.

Paris kills Achilles with an arrow

The twelve days of funeral games for Hector and Patroclus are recognized.

Hector kills Patroclus.

Two coins are placed on the eyes of the deceased for the boatman.

Agamemnon and Achilles are at war with each other.

Hector has touching scene with his baby son.

Patroclus and Achilles were cousins.

Hector kills Patroclus wearing Achilles armor.

I didn't think the movie gave enough background information on Price Paris and Helen of Sparta. The movie showed Helen trapped in a loveless marriage with a man twice her age. Paris, the beautiful prince of Troy suddenly shows up in her bedroom and convinces her to leave her husband and go to Troy with him. The movie does not let the viewer know that Helen was a reward to Paris for choosing to give a golden apple to the Goddess Aphrodite instead of the Goddess' Hera or Athena. However, the basics were the same. Helen went with Paris, her husband, Menelaus then went to his brother, King Agamemnon to ask him to go to battle with the Trojans so that Menelaus could win his wife back and King Agamemnon agrees. We see in both the book and the movie that Agamemnon's motives are purely selfish. He does not want to fight this war to get Helen back from his brother; he wants the city of Troy for himself.

Another difference between the Iliad and Troy is the history between Achilles and King Agamemnon. The viewer is made aware that Achilles does not want to fight the Trojans for Agamemnon. He feels that Agamemnon wants to fight this war for greed and not honor. In the Iliad, there is more to Achilles reluctance to fight for the greedy...