Helen is also known as “the face that launched a thousand ships” (mareinic.blogspot.com). In this paper I will teach you about the war that she started. I will also talk about the start of the war, the tactics, weapons, archeological proof, the end of the war, and lastly I will talk about the after math.
Godly start of the war
The godly start of the war started with the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, a sea nymph. They did not invite Eris, the goddess of discord, to the wedding but they did invite all of the other gods. The outraged goddess stormed into the wedding feast and threw a golden apple on the table. Eris said that the apple belonged to the fairest of them all. Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite all reached for the apple. They were all fighting over it so Zeus decided that Paris, prince of Troy, would be the judge. Hermes went to ask Paris if he wanted to be the judge and he accepted. Each goddess told him that she would reward him if he chose her. Hera promised him power, Athena promised wealth, and Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman in the world.
Paris chose Aphrodite, and she promised him that Helen of Troy would be his wife. Paris then prepared to sail to Sparta to collect his bride to be. Cassandra and Helenus, known as the twin prophets, tried to persuade him against such a rash action, as did his mother, Hebecuba. He sailed on anyways.
In Sparta, Menelaus, husband of Helen and king of Sparta, treated Paris as a royal guest. However, when the king left for a funeral, Paris stole Helen (who perhaps went willingly) and took off with much of Melenaus’ wealth. In Troy Helen and Paris were married. This occurred in 1200 B.C.
Mortal start of the war
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The Trojan War is one of the most known battle or war in history, if not the most known. It was a very, very long war, but there was one main source or reason of conflict that drove it to last so long, it seemed endless. Paris, a Trojan prince, was promised a wife as fair as the goddess of beauty by Aphrodite herself. The particular woman she promised was already married to a Greek King by the name of Menelaus. This started not only tension between the Greeks and Trojans but also anger because they were recently married.Helen should have returned to the Greeks for a few reasons that could have led to a shorter war, or even no war.First off, Greek King Menelaus is her rightfully wedded husband. The war would have been totally prevented if a couple of decisions were better made. Finally, she never really was in love with Paris. It was all manipulated by Aphrodite.
Oh no, Helen’s been stolen! Prince Paris has kidnapped Helen, the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Paris was assisted by Aphrodite, who promised him Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, as a reward for siding with her during a competition against the goddesses Hera and Athena.
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Homer describes Helen as the worlds most beautiful women at the time. She is the daughter of the Olympian god, Zeus and her mother is known to be Leda. When she was young Greek mythology states that Helen was rescued by her brothers when she was taken by Theseus. Helen`s sister, Clytemnestra was married to Agamemnon. Helen was the most desired woman by all men from all over Greek, she had many suitors come for her hand but Menelaus, the younger brother of her sister’s husband, Agamemnon was the lucky one. Helen choose Menelaus as her suitor and married him and became his Queen. As he was king of Sparta.
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I didn't think the movie gave enough background information on Price Paris and Helen of Sparta. The movie showed Helen trapped in a loveless marriage with a man twice her age. Paris, the beautiful prince of Troy suddenly shows up in her bedroom and convinces her to leave her husband and go to Troy with him. The movie does not let the viewer know that Helen was a reward to Paris for choosing to give a golden apple to the Goddess Aphrodite instead of the Goddess' Hera or Athena. However, the basics were the same. Helen went with Paris, her husband, Me...
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