{"slug": "trojan-war", "label": "Trojan War", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42937", "qid": "Q42937", "description": "legendary war in Greek mythology", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-1249, -408], "span_label": ["1250 BCE", "409 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}], "related": [{"slug": "king-of-athens", "label": "King of Athens", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sophocles", "label": "Sophocles", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1249, "year_label": "1250 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1250 BC—Traditional date of the beginning of the Trojan War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151235#Events_and_trends", "title": "1250s BC", "revid": 1307151235, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1193, "year_label": "1194 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1194 BC—The beginning of the legendary Trojan War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151245#Events_and_trends", "title": "1190s BC", "revid": 1307151245, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1190, "year_label": "1191 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "1191 BC—Menestheus, legendary King of Athens, dies during the Trojan War after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. Other accounts place his death a decade later and shortly after the Trojan War (see 1180s BC).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151245#Events_and_trends", "title": "1190s BC", "revid": 1307151245, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1180, "year_label": "1181 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "1181 BC—Menestheus, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. Other accounts place his death a decade earlier and during the Trojan War (see 1190s BC).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151249#Events_and_trends", "title": "1180s BC", "revid": 1307151249, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1153, "year_label": "1154 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "1154 BC—Death of King Menelaus of Sparta (estimated date), thirty years after the traditional date for the Fall of Troy in the Homeric Trojan War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300992815#Events_and_trends", "title": "1150s BC", "revid": 1300992815, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1149, "year_label": "1150 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "1150 BC—Demophon, King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 33 years and is succeeded by his son Oxyntes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300992815#Events_and_trends", "title": "1150s BC", "revid": 1300992815, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -408, "year_label": "409 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sophocles' play Philoctetes is performed, with the theme of the Trojan War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353486457#Literature", "title": "409 BC", "revid": 1353486457, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}]}