Sleep Story: The Trojan War & the Wooden Horse | Greek Mythology (Achilles, Hector, Helen, Odysseus)

A Greek mythology sleep story for adults: the whole Trojan War, from the ships at Aulis to the wooden horse and the fall of Troy. Achilles, Hector, Helen and Odysseus, told slowly and calmly for falling asleep. Tonight, we travel across the sea, to the east. Past the islands, one after another, dark and quiet on the water. Over the open sea, to a long, low shore with a wide plain behind it, and two rivers winding through the grass. From Homer's Iliad and the old poems that came after it, as they survive in Proclus's summaries, Apollodorus and the later Greek poet Quintus of Smyrna: the fleet becalmed at Aulis and Iphigenia, the wounded archer left on Lemnos, the landing at Troy and nine years at the walls. Then the anger of Achilles, Thetis and Zeus, Helen on the tower, Hector and Andromache, Hera and the golden cloud on Mount Ida, the death of Patroclus and the shield Hephaestus forges. Then Achilles and Hector, old King Priam kneeling in the hut by the ships, and Hector's funeral. After Homer: the Amazon queen, the Dawn mourning her son, the funeral of Achilles, the armour and Ajax, Achilles' young son, Paris and Oenone, the wooden horse, the fall of Troy and the morning after, when the ships sail home. Odysseus's long journey home is its own story, for another night. Calm, slow storytelling for falling asleep: one gentle narrator, quiet background sounds, nothing sudden or loud. Best at low volume. Chapters: 0:00 Tonight: a journey to Troy 1:26 The ships gather at Aulis 2:53 The first voyage and the storm 3:58 The wounded king and the rusted spear 5:27 Agamemnon's deer and the becalmed fleet 6:25 Iphigenia 9:11 Philoctetes on Lemnos 10:48 Menelaus and Odysseus in Troy 12:12 The landing at Troy 13:20 Nine years at the walls 14:32 Homer's poem begins: the priest and the plague 16:04 Achilles' anger 17:11 Achilles and Thetis 19:47 Thetis asks Zeus 21:04 Hera, Hephaestus and the gods' feast 23:04 The oath and the duel 23:43 Helen on the tower 31:11 Hector and Andromache 35:09 The watchfires 36:47 Hera and the golden cloud 43:51 Patroclus in Achilles' armour 46:02 The death of Patroclus 48:25 The shield of Achilles 54:09 Achilles and Hector 57:51 The ghost of Patroclus 59:40 Priam goes to Achilles 1:08:11 Hector comes home 1:09:35 Hector's funeral 1:11:44 Penthesilea the Amazon 1:15:22 Memnon and the Dawn 1:19:12 The funeral of Achilles 1:24:52 The armour and Ajax 1:26:19 Achilles' young son 1:30:07 The archer's bow 1:33:14 Paris and Oenone 1:35:31 Odysseus in Troy 1:36:19 The wooden horse 1:39:02 The horse inside the walls 1:43:02 The fall of Troy 1:45:50 The morning after 1:46:55 The singer by the ships 1:48:00 The ships sail home 1:50:16 The calm sea 1:51:09 The end of tonight's journey Sources: Homer (Iliad and Odyssey), Proclus's summaries of the lost epic poems, Apollodorus, Euripides (Iphigenia at Aulis), Quintus of Smyrna, Virgil (Aeneid) Stories researched and written from the ancient sources. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Season 1: Greek mythology. #greekmythology #sleepstories #bedtimestories