The Greek alliance was launched to destroy Troy.
Most of those gathered were the next generation of heroes who had not yet experienced the Argonaut expedition or the Calydonian boar hunt.
However, what they had heard from their parents since childhood were the tales of great heroes.
Cadmus.
Perseus.
Bellerophon.
Asclepius and Orpheus... and finally, the story of the mightiest hero, Heracles.
These brave souls trained with dreams of making names for themselves and raising their fame like the legendary heroes of myth.
They hoped that through this invasion of Troy, they could spread their names far and wide, just like the great heroes.
"For the sake of Helen, who was abducted by that wicked prince of Troy!"
"Whatever cunning scheme he used to take Helen, he must pay the price..."
"I think we should seek an oracle about this war. If the gods grant us insight into the war, surely..."
Menelaus, the one who had his wife taken by Paris, and his brother Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae.
Heroes like Ajax, the prince of Salamis, and Diomedes, who was known for his exceptional skills even at a young age, all participated.