To recover Helen, the Greeks launched a great expedition under the overall command of Menelaus’s brother, Agamemnon, king of Árgos or Mycenae. But his son Paris was invited to judge which of the goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena was entitled to receive the golden apple marked by the goddess Eris (Discord) “for the most beautiful.” Aphrodite promised Paris the most beautiful woman in the world: he therefore awarded her the apple and went to Greece, where he won the love of, and eloped with, Helen, wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta. King Priam of Troy was wealthy and powerful by his wife Hecuba and by concubines he had 50 sons and 12 daughters. The Trojan War fought between the Greeks and Troy originated in the following manner. Finally there are the pseudo-chronicles that go under the names of Dictys Cretensis and Dares Phrygius. The story of the Trojan origin, through Aeneas, of Rome helped to inspire Roman interest Book II of Virgil’s Aeneid contains the best-known account of the sack of Troy. In Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, the earliest literary evidence available, the chief stories have already taken shape, and individual themes were elaborated later, especially in Greek drama. The Classical legends of the Trojan War developed continuously throughout Greek and Latin literature. Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico: The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.

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