Helen was captured by the greeks during the sack of troy and was given back to menalaus, paris was kiled before the sack of troy by Odysseus
No - the Greeks were furious that Helen had been kidnapped and brought to their enemy's land, Troy, so they attacked Troy.
The Trojan war began when Helen eloped with Paris. Helen was the wife of Menelaus; king of Mycenae (Sparta) and Paris was the son of Priam, King of Troy. The couple escaped back to Troy; and Menelaus called upon the rest of the Greek states to support his effort to get Helen back. When the Trojans refused to give Helen back to Menelaus the Greeks attacked the city; and after a long siege Troy was destroyed.
Paris kidnapped Helen and brought her back to Troy.
3008 The most probable period is probably between 1260 and 1240 BCE or so, but this is far from certain.
The ancient Greeks invaded Troy to take back Queen Helen.
No, the Trojans did. The Greeks supposedly fought the war with Troy to get her back..
The Greeks never wanted to gain control of Troy, Menelaus just wanted his wife Helen back from Paris.
Helen was captured by the greeks during the sack of troy and was given back to menalaus, paris was kiled before the sack of troy by Odysseus
Diomedes fought with the Greeks at Troy.
No - the Greeks were furious that Helen had been kidnapped and brought to their enemy's land, Troy, so they attacked Troy.
Helen of Troy
The Trojan war began when Helen eloped with Paris. Helen was the wife of Menelaus; king of Mycenae (Sparta) and Paris was the son of Priam, King of Troy. The couple escaped back to Troy; and Menelaus called upon the rest of the Greek states to support his effort to get Helen back. When the Trojans refused to give Helen back to Menelaus the Greeks attacked the city; and after a long siege Troy was destroyed.
she started the war with the greeks. both them and the trojans wanted them.
Paris kidnapped Helen and brought her back to Troy.
3008 The most probable period is probably between 1260 and 1240 BCE or so, but this is far from certain.
Troy offered to give Helen back, but the Greeks wanted also the treasure she had looted and taken with her. The Trojans were quite willing to give the woman back, but not the treasure, so the solution required the capture of Troy.