2007-02-15 01:31:14 · 12 answers · asked by dumbblonde171121 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Paris (Brother of Hector, son of King Priam) spirited away Helen from Greece and brought her home to Troy. Thus, the face (Helen's) that launched a thousand ships!
Helen's husband, Menelaos (King of Sparta) and his brother, Agamemnon (King of Greece) launched their ships. Menelaos wanted his wife back. Agamemnon wanted to conquer Troy.
2007-02-15 01:34:54 · answer #1 · answered by kja63 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Trojan War was waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor, by the armies of the Achaeans (Mycenaean Greeks), after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, of which the two most famous are the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer. The Iliad relates a part of the last year of the siege of Troy, and the Odyssey describes the journey home of Odysseus, one of the Achaean leaders. Other parts of the story were narrated in a cycle of epic poems, which has only survived in fragments.
2007-02-15 09:39:34 · answer #2 · answered by P Ni Ka 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Paris was the son of the Trojan King who judged a beauty contest between Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena, and upon choosing Aphrodite, she rewarded him with the love of Helen (The most beautiful mortal woman in the world). Then while a guest of the Greek King Menalaeus (sp?) Insulted him by stealing Helen and fleeing for his home where he thought the Greeks could not intrude, and started a ten year war between the two.
2007-02-15 09:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by Goddess Nikki 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paris is the name of the Trojan prince who abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus, the King of Sparta--and thus started the Trojan War.
The most famous account of this war is given in Homer's epic poem, "The Iliad."
2007-02-15 09:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by clicksqueek 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The apparent cause of the Trojan war was Pprice paris or Aleexander lof troy taking helen Queenn of Sparta in Greece. She inherited the throne ande wed menelaus of mycenae whose brother Agamemnon wasd qambitious and glad to haave an excuse to invade Troy who coontrolled lucrative trade routes. Paris killed Achilles the strongest greeek with an arrow from behind. Then, he soon was shot with an arrow of Heracles. helen waas taken by Paris' brothher Deiphobus when paris died.
2007-02-15 09:45:44 · answer #5 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Paris is nearly located in Euro. The Greeks were the ones that travel place to place in order to battle.
2007-02-15 10:32:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He took the queen of Sparta, which made all of Sparta rise up and fight (AKA Trojan war).
2007-02-15 17:22:16 · answer #7 · answered by trance_gemni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pris was a prince of Troy. Brother of Hector. Lover of Helen.
2007-02-15 09:58:53 · answer #8 · answered by Oracle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not, the trojan war happened in Greece
2007-02-15 09:34:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
He is the man that killed Archille.
2007-02-15 09:37:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anger eating demon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋