Dec 8, 2022 · Helen and Paris by Jacques-Louis David (1788). Louvre Museum, Paris. Wikimedia Commons Public Domain. In the most familiar sources for the myth, Helen went with Paris willingly, won over by his charm and good looks. According to some authors, however, Paris raped Helen and took her to Troy against her will.

Jul 12, 2023 · Menelaus and Helen were married for a few years and had several children together, including a daughter named Hermione. But when the Trojan prince Paris came to Sparta on a diplomatic mission, Helen fell in love with him and ran away with him to Troy (or was abducted, depending on the version).

Jul 13, 2023 · Paris and Menelaus. According to Homer, when the Greeks and Trojans had both become weary of the long war, Helen’s husband Menelaus challenged Paris to a duel: if Menelaus won, Paris would return Helen, while if Paris won, he could keep Helen and the Greeks would go home. Paris did not want to accept Menelaus’ challenge, but when Hector saw ...

Mar 1, 2023 · Usually, the story began with the Trojan prince Paris, fated to be the ruin of Troy. Following the so-called “Judgment of Paris,” this Paris carries off Helen from her home in Sparta and her Achaean husband Menelaus. The Achaean kings, led by Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon, put together an enormous army to sail to Troy and retrieve Helen.

The boaster Paris oft desired the day With Sparta’s king to meet in single fray: Go now, once more thy rival’s rage excite, Provoke Atrides, and renew the fight: Yet Helen bids thee stay, lest thou unskill’d Shouldst fall an easy conquest on the field.”

Helen at least a braver spouse might claim, Warm’d with some virtue, some regard of fame! Now tired with toils, thy fainting limbs recline, With toils, sustain’d for Paris’ sake and mine The gods have link’d our miserable doom, Our present woe, and infamy to come: Wide shall it spread, and last through ages long, Example sad! and theme ...

Jul 12, 2023 · The Abduction of Helen and the Oath of Tyndareus. When Helen was abducted (or, according to some sources, seduced) by Paris, a handsome prince from the distant city of Troy, Menelaus immediately turned to Agamemnon for help in getting his wife back. Helen and Paris by Charles Meynier (19th century). Wikimedia Commons Public Domain

Jul 31, 2023 · Achilles was killed during the final year of the Trojan War, while he was still very young. There are different accounts of how he died, but in virtually all of them, he was killed by the Trojan prince Paris with the help of the god Apollo. In what became the most familiar tradition, Paris pierced Achilles in the heel with an arrow guided by ...

Mar 10, 2023 · The war had been instigated when the Trojan prince Paris carried off Helen, the beautiful wife of the Greek king Menelaus. To get Helen back, Menelaus and the other Greek kings gathered a massive army and attacked Troy. The Trojans put up a valiant defense, bringing in allies from all over Asia Minor.

Jun 6, 2023 · Menelaus did not appreciate Paris’ seduction of his wife and, with the help of his powerful brother Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, he amassed a huge army to sail to Troy and bring Helen back. The Greeks reached Troy. Paris and the Trojans refused to return Helen to her husband, and war began. The Greeks soon began to law waste to the ...