The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearly poses difficult questions—and has done so ever since the age of ...

Homers Iliad is so canonical in world literature that even without having read the epic, most people are familiar with the ...

The Soldier watches as Paris smuggles Helen on board his ship and the Trojan fleet ups anchor. The Soldier knows how Menelaus will react when he finds out; he knows it will mean war…and that he ...

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Archaeologists have unearthed an extraordinary banquet hall, containing stunning frescoes depicting mythological scenes ...

But the seeds of war were sown far from there, in the city of Sparta on the Greek mainland. According to legend, the Trojan prince Paris visited Sparta, which at the time was ruled by King Menelaus.

Who hasn't heard of the Trojan War, right? Total War ... Do you know the tales of Priam? Of Hector and Paris, of the great defensive gallantry of this Aegean realm? After spending some time ...

The cause of war is Helen’s elopement from the Spartan court with Paris, a Trojan prince. Helen is the wife of Menelaus - King of Sparta - and he musters an army led by his brother Agamemnon to ...