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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnsemlak" data-source="post: 1551641" data-attributes="member: 7233">I haven't seen Troy yet, but it's pretty well known now that the movie stiches together many events/myths from the Iliad and a number of other sources.  I'm not sure exactly which events are recounted in the Movie (I see it tomorrow hopefully).  However, could some scholars help me compile a list of sources of the Trojan myth, and which events are described in each?The Iliad recounts Achilles relationship with Patroclaus, Patroclaus' death, the rage of Achilles, the battle wiht Hector.The Aeneid gives us the end of the Trojan War, and the Trojan horse story.  Is that the only extant source for that story?What are the (extant) sources for the events concerning the beginning of the war and other events during the war, such as the Judgement of Paris or the slaying of Achilles by Paris?</blockquote>