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Trojan War
The Trojan War was a major event in Greek mythology. According to the stories, it was triggered when Paris, the prince of Troy, either seduced or kidnapped the beautiful Helen away from her husband, the king of Sparta. The war lasted twenty years.
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Where was Helen when the Trojan War was on?
Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, was in Troy during the Trojan War where she had been taken by Paris, son of the King of Troy. It was to rescue her and punish the Trojans for taking her that the war started. Many historians agree with the biographer Plutarch (writing in 100AD) that Helen was in fact in Egypt during the Trojan War, as there are signs to that effect. Also if Helen had been in Troy, and Troy was faring so badly in the war, Helen would have been handed over for the sake of the city whether Paris consented or not.
When did the Trojan War start?
Paris took Helen away from Agamemnon so he went to troy to find Paris and started a war
That 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 BC
Another 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.
The Trojan War ended when Troy was sacked and destroyed by the Greeks. The precise date is still a mater of discussion, but many now believe this was around 1180 B.C.E after 10 years of war.
What happened to Troy after the Trojan War?
The survivors were enslaved and the city destroyed.
As it was on the strategic trading route on the Dardanelles between the Black and Aegean Seas, it was rebuilt and destroyed five more times over the following 10 centuries until finally Augustus established a new trading city which was eventually superseded by Constantinople and abandoned.
The city was looted and destroyed and its surviving people enslaved.
What is the significance of Trojan war to greek civilization?
The Trojan War was important because it became a main source of inspiration for Ancient Greek artists. There were a variety of themes to the Trojan War showing a rich source of romantic and heroic storytelling.
Unidentified peoples who moved through the western Middle East after the time of the Trojan War, at the same time as the Dorians were moving into Greece from the north.
What is the story of Trojan Horse?
Fragments are found in Homer's The Iliad (does not cover the Trojan Horse and the defeat) and The Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, a host of major and minor references in much later plays, dissertations, speeches, histories, and depictions on pottery. These in combination make up the complete story as we know it, however the sparse and much-distorted sources make the story legend, not history. There is much modern speculation on what actually happened. Apparently, there was a series of piratical raids over several years in the 12th Century BCE, where the coast of the Aegean and islands was looted, and at the end Troy was one of the victims. The rest is speculation and poetry and art, distorted by time and retellings, replete with all the licence to stray from fact and reality given to poets and artists. See related link.
What time period was the Trojan war?
The Trojan War happened near the end of the Greek Bronze Age, sometime between 1260 and 1884 BC.
What strategies were used in the Trojan war?
The Greeks Fired Missiles at the Trojans, and sent out EMP grenades, but the trojans sent a fleet of choppers with rapid fire missiles. That really finished the greeks off
What happens to king agamemnon when he returns home after the Trojan war?
He was murdered by his wife and her lover.
Why did the Trojan war really start?
There were a couple of reasons. A simple one is that the Greeks of the time, the 13th-11th century BC Mycenaeans, were a people with war as a central part of their culture.
A more politically complex reason does involve Helen of Sparta. Helen was the daughter of the king of Sparta. She may have been as beautiful as the myths claim, but truthfully it doesn't really matter. Whoever married her would inherit the throne of Sparta and become king. The man chosen to be her husband would only be king of Sparta as long as he was married to Helen.
Menelaus, the brother of King Agamemnon of Mycenae, ended up marrying Helen and earning the throne. When Paris and Helen eloped, Menelaus knew he would lose the throne to Sparta. Getting support from his brother Agamemnon, who as ruler of Mycenae was interested in keeping Sparta under his control through Menelaus, Menelaus gathered allies and struck out against the Trojans.
