Paris (and Aphrodite).
Helen is the husband of Menelaus. She was took away from Paris (of Troy)
She was enamored of visiting Trojan prince Paris, and ran away with him, looting the treasures of Sparta to take with her.
Paris took Helen away from Agamemnon so he went to troy to find Paris and started a warThat is true but 1. there is another reason 2. that's not the answer to the question. It is believed that started at around middle 1200s BC or 1300s BCAnother answer:We have to distinguish between the Trojan war in the Greek myths (as told in the Iliad)and the possible historical background. It is important not to mix them up.The mythical war has no date.
Prince Paris "kidnapped" Helen, the wife of Menelaus and took her to Troy. When Helen was married, her father, fearing the wrath of the princes that he did not marry Helen to, made every one of Helen's suitors swear to fight whoever dares to take Helen away from her husband. So when Paris took Helen to Troy, Agamemnon, Menelaus's older brother, took this chance and lead the Achaeans to fight Troy for Helen.
Menelaus of Sparta was commander of the Greek army. His wife Helen ran away with Paris prince of Troy so Menelaus went to get her back basically.
Helen, was taken away by Paris , who was the son of troy's king,
Helen is the husband of Menelaus. She was took away from Paris (of Troy)
Technically, none of them. Helen was spirited away by Aphrodite to be the wife of Paris, thus fulfilling her promise for being awarded the Apple of Discord...
By running away with King Menelaus' wife, Helen.
Helen was taken from Sparta, and ran away with Paris, a prince from Troy.
She was enamored of visiting Trojan prince Paris, and ran away with him, looting the treasures of Sparta to take with her.
Yes, and it wasn't Helen of Troy, she was a Spartan woman married away to Menelaus, and then stolen by the Trojan prince Paris.
First of all Helen wasn't a Greek goddess she was a beautiful mortal who was involevd with th Trojan war. And she was married to someone then a different man came and stole her away back to Troy and that's how the Trojan was began. Wow ancient Rome and Greece and Egypt were DRAMATIC!!
The story is that visiting Trojan prince Paris persuaded Helen, the wife of king of Sparta Menelaus, to run away with him and bring along the treasure of Sparta. This unleashed a reprisal invasion of Troy, the home city of Paris, which was really a ten year looting expedition of the rich cities of Asia Minor.
Paris took Helen Queen of Sparta(wife of menalus= brother to agamemnon who wanted a war) away to troy
When the Golden Apple caused discord among the goddesses, a young man (Paris) from Troy was asked to pick between the three goddesses. Athena offered him eternal wisdom, and Hera offered him to be king of many countries. However, Paris chose Aphrodite because she offered him the most beautiful woman ever -- namely, Helen of Sparta. Paris stole Helen away in the night from her husband and sailed to Troy, then proceeding to ra -- make love with her. However, the king of Sparta found out and started the Trojan War. This is also why Helen is connected to "The face that launched a thousand ships".
Paris took Helen away from Agamemnon so he went to troy to find Paris and started a warThat is true but 1. there is another reason 2. that's not the answer to the question. It is believed that started at around middle 1200s BC or 1300s BCAnother answer:We have to distinguish between the Trojan war in the Greek myths (as told in the Iliad)and the possible historical background. It is important not to mix them up.The mythical war has no date.