For Paris was essentially a shepherd, and had only recently returned to Troy, thus, he had no military skills (Judgement pp).
Another way the movie made Paris a hero of sorts, is that he is portrayed as the one who tells his father King Priam to be cautious about the horse. When actually, according to legend, it was his sister Cassandra, a priestess of psychic powers, knew the horse was deceptive and tried to warn her father, but he would not listen (Judgement pp). Then the priest, Laocoon, also tried to warn the Priam to beware of Greeks bearing gifts, yet he too was ignored (Judgement pp).
Another part of the legend that the movie left out was Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter, Iphigenia, to the goddess Artemis, in order to obtain favorable winds for the voyage to Troy (Judgement pp). And according to legend, the gods were basically the reason the war lasted ten years. They took great interest. Hera and Athena still resented Paris for not giving them the Apple of Discord, so in turn they helped the Greeks, while Aphrodite helped the Trojans, as did Zeus, and Eris and her brother Ares helped both sides simply because they loved war (Judgement pp). None of this was included in the movie.
Moreover, only Aeneas, the son of Aphrodite and a Trojan royal named Anchises escaped Troy (Judgement pp).
In the movie, it was Achilles who was the first to land on the beaches of Troy, however, according to legend, the first man ashore was Protesilaus, who was killed by Hector (Legend pp). Then the Greeks sent another embassy to Troy to recover Helen, but again were refused, and so the
Thetis makes the request to Zeus and he grants her the favor (Legend pp). In "Troy" Thetis only appears once as she tells Achilles that his fate awaits in Troy.
Another deviation from the legend, is that in the movie, Achilles appears ignorant that Patroclus has taken his men into battle. Yet, according to legend, Patroclus begs Achilles to allow him to return to battle, and Achilles not only gives him permission but gives him his own suit of armor so that the forces will believe that Achilles himself has returned to the fight (Legend pp). Moreover, in the legend, Hector strips the body of Patroclus and puts on Achilles' armor, resulting in Thetis asking Hephaestus to prepare a divine armor for her son, which he does, and Achilles returns to battle (Legend pp). It is true that Priam traveled to the Greek camp to beg for Hector's corpse, and Achilles did return it, however, in exchange for a ransom (Legend pp).
Works Cited
The Trojan War: The Judgement of Paris; pp. http://www.royalty.nu/legends/Troy.html
The Legend of the Trojan War
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