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Maps and Information of Troy
Entire Story of Paris and Helen

Troy is perhaps best known for it's part in the war. It was prompted by a young woman named Helen. It was said that Helen was the most beautiful woman in the world. Because of this she had many men asking to be her suitor. Helen later married a man named Menelaus who happened to be the brother of her sister's husband Agamemnon. A young Trojan prince named Paris had been promised the hand of Helen from Aphrodite. Aphrodite agreed to grant him that wish becuase he had chosen her as the most beautiful goddess. Paris then went and kidnapped the woman Helen and took her off to Troy. Paris refused to return Helen, and as a result Menelaus and his men marched on to Troy and war.

This war lasted 10 years and in that time the young prince Paris was killed by the archer Philoctetes. Helen was now forced to marry his brother Deiphobus. It is important to note that Helen was very happy with Menelaus and never wanted to be taken to Troy at all. Throughout this time it was thought by Menelaus that Helen was a traitor. Nearing the end of the 10 years he was searching the castle in order to find and kill her. Upon finding her, he sees her stab her "husband," and realizes that she had no plan in this (it was because of the spell of Aphrodite).

Menelaus rescued his wife and took her home. With the aid of Zeus and Apollo she was kept safe and returned to her family.

Location: Northwestern Asia Minor in the region called the Troad; off the coast of what is now Turkey.

Citizens: Trojans

Royalty: King Priam, Queen Hecuba, Prince Paris

Allies: Ascanians, Amazons, Lycians, Eastern Ethiopians

Other Names: Illium, Ilion, Ilios

Time: About 3200 years ago

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