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Why did the envoys from Helen of troy's husband call the men of Greece?
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Helen had many suitors among the kings of Bronze Age Greece, including Odysseus and Agamemnon. In the end, she chose Menelaus, bu all of the others were made to swear an oath that if Helen were to come to harm, they would do anything to save her. This was to prevent one of them from attacking Sparta and taking Helen as their own (at the risk of initiating war with all the others). Of course, Priam and his sons were not a part of this arrangement.
So, when Helen was abducted/ran away, he called on the other Achaean kings to fulfill their oaths.
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It started with the Oath of Tyndareus: a idea of Odysseus, where all the suitors of Helen would vow to defend the chosen husband from any quarrel, that husband was Menelaus - chosen either by Tyndareus, or by Helen: now the brother of Menelaus was Agamemnon King of Mycenae or Argos (Helen's sister Clytemnestra; was his wife). When Paris took Helen from Sparta to Troy, Menelaus called upon all the suitors and their resources from that vow to go to war with Troy.
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Who was helen of troys husben before paris?
Menelaus .
What is Helen of troys sacred animals?
Helen isn't a goddess, thus no animals are sacred to her.
Helen of troys mother?
Most likely Helen of Troy's mother was Zeus and Leda.
Do you agree that Helen of Troys beauty is worth dying for?
no i don't
Who was Helen of troys mother married to?
The mother of Helen of Troy was Leda who was married to King Tyndareus of Sparta.
What was Helen of troys weapon?
if you had read the lost hero it would be pipers knife
What were Helen of troys achievements?
They didn't have XBox in ancient Greece. She was a character in a story that MIGHT have been based on a real person. She wasn't a hero or a role model. She didn't invent anything or accomplish anything, aside from starting a 10 year long war between the Achaeans and Trojans.
What is troys most attractive thing?
troys ghandi spot :)
How does Helen feel about surviving troys destruction?
she feels pretty crappy and has a lot of grief but when Menelaus came to kill her she striped down and the red head king took her back.
What is Helen of troys symbol?
Her beauty was her symbol. She did not have a symbol like Zues had his lightning bolt. This is because she is only a demi godess. Her father, Zeus, was a God, but her mother, Leda, was a mortal.
What was Helen of troys aooearance?
Helen of Troy was said to be the most beautiful women in the world, so beautiful in fact, that Paris kidnapped her and thus started the Trojan war. Though she had no actual physical description, it was said that her face launched a thousand ships.
What is the prince of troys name?
Hector
