The Trojan war began when Helen eloped with Paris. Helen was the wife of Menelaus; king of Mycenae (Sparta) and Paris was the son of Priam, King of Troy. The couple escaped back to Troy; and Menelaus called upon the rest of the Greek states to support his effort to get Helen back. When the Trojans refused to give Helen back to Menelaus the Greeks attacked the city; and after a long siege Troy was destroyed.
The Trojan War began when the prince of Troy, Paris, abducted Helen, the wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta. This led to a coalition of Greek forces, led by Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon, to set sail for Troy to retrieve Helen. The war lasted for ten years, culminating in the Greek victory with the famous ruse of the Trojan Horse.
It begins after the Trojan war. :))
The Greeks .
Tradition places it in the early 12th Century BCE
Paris, prince of Troy abducted Helen to Troy. She was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. The brother of Menelaus, Agamemnon, then led a Greek expedition against Troy. The Trojan War began around 1200 BC.
The Trojan war began when Helen eloped with Paris. Helen was the wife of Menelaus; king of Mycenae (Sparta) and Paris was the son of Priam, King of Troy. The couple escaped back to Troy; and Menelaus called upon the rest of the Greek states to support his effort to get Helen back. When the Trojans refused to give Helen back to Menelaus the Greeks attacked the city; and after a long siege Troy was destroyed.
The Trojan War began when the prince of Troy, Paris, abducted Helen, the wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta. This led to a coalition of Greek forces, led by Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon, to set sail for Troy to retrieve Helen. The war lasted for ten years, culminating in the Greek victory with the famous ruse of the Trojan Horse.
It begins after the Trojan war. :))
Death
The Greeks .
About 1000 BC
In Book 4 of The Odyssey, Odysseus' son Telemachus, and Nestor's son Pisistratus, are visiting Helen and Menelaus in search of news about Odysseus. They begin to reminisce about the Trojan War, remembering all the fallen heroes, and soon they are all sobbing sorrowfully. To restore levity to the evening, Helen drugs the wine with a potion she has been given by the queen of Egypt.
When you wish to clarify the subject of a sentence. The appositive comes after the subject separated by commas. In the sentence below, appositive is in capitals. Helen, THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSANDS SHIPS TO BEGIN THE TEN YEAR TROJAN WAR, was the daughter of Zeus...
Tradition places it in the early 12th Century BCE
Helen left her husband Menelaus king of Sparta to run away with Paris, looting his possessions to take with her to make herself more attractive. The Greeks retaliated by mounting a 10-year looting expedition of Asia Minor.
Helen left her husband Menelaus king of Sparta to run away with Paris, looting his possessions to take with her to make herself more attractive. The Greeks retaliated by mounting a 10-year looting expedition of Asia Minor.