This week, on Myths and Legends, we're back on our road to the Trojan War, and we'll

learn that if you're going to marry off your daughter to an epic Greek hero, it might

be a good idea to tell that epic hero, sooner than 10 minutes before the ceremony.

The creature this week is Evil Chicken, a giant evil chicken that lives in the dark forest

and will eat you, because of course it will.

This is Myths and Legends, Episode 158, Fate Proceeds.

This is the podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.

Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.

Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth listening.

This week, we're back on the boat to the Trojan War, where Agamemnon has a problem.

I mean, he has a lot of problems all the time in the mythology, but this one is pressing.

When we last left the Greeks, they were recruiting for the Trojan War, because Helen had absconded,

slash been abducted by the Trojan Prince Paris.

About 12 years ago, when all the Greek kings, princes, and heroes were competing for Helen's

hand, they sworn oath to come to the aid of Helen or her future husband.

Well, cut to over a decade later, and Agamemnon decided to call all the men to honor their

oaths.

So they did.

They gathered their people together, left their homes and lands only marginally defended,

and boarded the ships to sail east.

They were already not happy about being on this road trip, when the car broke down, in

a 13th century BC manner of speaking.

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