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Agelaus: The Trojan War

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The baby would one day cause the destruction of his country." Ten years of war, Trojans against Greeks, Goddess against Goddess. We call this the Trojan War. But how did this come to be? Who is to blame? We could point fingers all day but the choice is evident. It 's the source. Agelaus. Agelaus was told to kill the cursed child. He planned to do so "Agelaus left the child on Mount Ida to die from exposure". He returned five days after, to see if the plan had been successful. He found the baby still alive. He then made a poor choice. He chose to bring the child home and raise him in secrecy. This is certainly not what he was told to do. That is exactly where he went wrong. He went against orders and disobeyed the King 's command. He should

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