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The 'Trojan War' was said to have started.
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What do you know about Helen of troy?
Helen of Troy was the wife of a Trojan king but when a man called Paris came along, she fell in love with him and they ran off, causing the Trojan War.
Who was blamed for the Trojan war?
Oh, this is sooooo easy. Prince Paris of Troy and Queen Helen of Sparta. Paris took off with Helen. Her husband King Menelaus lauches one-thousand ships with the help of his brother King Agamemnon who rules all Greece. They start a war with Troy, Troy falls, Greece wins. Archilles dies.. it was basically Paris's fault. He took Helen with him to Troy.
Family information of Helen of troy?
Helen of Troy was the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the king and queen of Sparta. Zeus appeared to Helen's mother in form of a swan, seducing her. Helen of Troy has two brothers and one sister: Castor and Polydeuces, and Clytemnestra. Helen then married Menelaus, the brother of Clytemnestra's husband, Aganemnon, and then later ran off with Paris of Troy.
Did Helen want to go to troy with paris?
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.
Where did the Troja n war begin?
Paris of Troy carried off the fair Helen from Greece, and the Greeks went to rescue her.
Who was the most beautiful woman that launched 1000 ships?
Poetically, Helen wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, whose treasure she stole when she ran off with Paris of Troy.
Who was the woman who ran off with Paris and started the Trojan War?
Helen, Queen of Sparta, wife of King Menelaus, eloped with Paris and became known thereafter as Helen of Troy. One myth has it that Paris was asked to judge a beauty contest between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. In order to earn his favour, Aphrodite promised Paris the most beautiful woman in the world - who happened to be the already married Helen. Different literary sources differ on whether Helen joined Paris willingly or was abducted.
Who was against who in the Trojan war?
The Greeks were fighting the Trojans, because Paris (a prince of Troy) had carried off Helen, a Greek queen.
What does it mean if someone calls you a Helen of Troy?
------- She was queen of Sparta, but taken to Troy by the Trojan Prince Paris. In other words, she was already taken by a man but then ran off with another. Can't be trusted, not faithful. ---------------Jdbonez. A Helen of Troy, in Literature, means a face for which wars were fought.
Where did king Menelaus go when Paris kidnapped Helen?
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
How was Helen's motivation connected to her path to greatness?
Helen wanted Paris, and took the treasure of Sparta's kin Menelaus with her to ensure her of welcome and ongoing richness in Troy. It didn't pay off as after Troy was captured, Menelaus took her and the treasure back to Sparta and mediocrity.
Was the outcome of the war for Helen the Trojan War?
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.
