they go to Paris's father (king of Troy) and orders that Paris returns Helen to him.
Aphrodite spirited Helen away to Troy to be with Paris.
Yes, Aphrodite had made her fall in love with Paris - Helen, having been made infatuated by Aphrodite, was all too willing to forget her husband Menelaus and go off with Paris.
Oenone was Paris' lover, and Helen was his wife. Helen was known as "Helen of Sparta" and "Helen of Troy. " She was a demigod, as Zeus was her father.
When Paris heard about Helen, he decided to go to see her. Then they fell in love, and Paris stole Helen. When Menelaus heard about it, he collected all of Helen's lovers, and sailed the ships to Troy. They made a deal with Agamemnon, that they are going to fight together, and if they win, Menelaus is going to get Helen, and Agamemnon- Troy.
King Menelaus lost Helen when she eloped with Paris.
After the Judgment of Paris, in which Paris determined Aphrodite to be the most beautiful of the goddesses in return for the love of the most beautiful woman on earth (Helen), Paris had to go kidnap Helen because she was already married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta. In some versions of the myth, she goes willingly.
I don't believe that Paris had a girlfriend or wife before he had sex with Helen.
No, Paris died in the war.
Aphrodite gave Helen to Paris, so I've always assumed she used here golden apple to make Helen fall in love with Paris. But, some people apparently think Cupid shot his arrow into Helen making her fall for Paris.
The full names of Paris, Menelaus, and Helen are just Paris, Menelaus, and Helen. Family/last names were not usually used in Ancient Greek times.
Aphrodite is the goddess of love: love is the nature of her domain, thus the love of Helen and Paris.