Yes, Aphrodite had made her fall in love with Paris - Helen, having been made infatuated by Aphrodite, was all too willing to forget her husband Menelaus and go off with Paris.
Aphrodite spirited Helen away to Troy to be with Paris.
they go to Paris's father (king of Troy) and orders that Paris returns Helen to him.
When Paris heard about Helen, he decided to go to see her. Then they fell in love, and Paris stole Helen. When Menelaus heard about it, he collected all of Helen's lovers, and sailed the ships to Troy. They made a deal with Agamemnon, that they are going to fight together, and if they win, Menelaus is going to get Helen, and Agamemnon- Troy.
According to the Illiad, the Trojan war began when Paris of Troy took Helen, the wife of Menelaus the King of Sparta. Paris and Helen went to Troy. Menelaus, the husband of Helen sent armies to help him attack Troy to get Helen back.As well, Troy was an important city for trade, and the Greeks were looking for any excuse to go to war with it to gain wealth and control.
They think that they can win Helen if they prove their worthiness.They are bound by an oath to defend the Helen's husband. Xenia requires it. They are told Troy will be an easy target.
The kidnapping of Helen of Sparta by Paris, Prince of Troy, gave all the Greek States an excuse to unite and go to war against Sparta.
The story was that Helen ran off with Paris to Troy, stealing the treasure of Sparta to take with her, and the Spartan king, her husband, organised an expedition of the Greek cities to go to loot Troy and the other cities in Asia Minor in reprisal.
It is said that Paris of Troy "stole" Helen of Sparta. Paris fell in love with Helen and sneaked her on a Trojan ship. He also said that the goddess Aphrodite promised Helen to him. They wanted to bring Helen back to Greece. Other reasons are that they wanted to sack Troy for its good location and for spoils of war, and to regain the pride of Menelaus, after Paris dishonored him by taking Helen even though he was a guest in the household.
They were fighting because Paris of Troy stole Helen, who was the wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta. Menelaus convinced his brother, Agamemnon to go to war with him.
Aphrodite made her fall in love with Paris.
After the Judgment of Paris, in which Paris determined Aphrodite to be the most beautiful of the goddesses in return for the love of the most beautiful woman on earth (Helen), Paris had to go kidnap Helen because she was already married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta. In some versions of the myth, she goes willingly.
He was attending the funeral of his maternal grandfather, Catreus. As part of a diplomatic mission to Sparta, Paris was in the city. After Menelaus left for the funeral (apparently in Tegea) Paris and Helen left for Troy. Thus started the Trojan War Source: Wikipedia