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A-Z: General definitions: Siege of Troy
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The Trojan War was long struggle between the Greeks and the Trojans (from Troy, also known as Ilium in Asia Minor), following the elopement of Helen, the beautiful wife of king Menelaus of Sparta, with Prince Paris of Troy. It is recorded in Greek mythology but is almost certainly based on real events.
King Menelaus raised an expedition to reclaim his wife Helen from Paris of Troy.
An ancient city on the Asiatic shore of the Hellespont; it was sacked by the Greeks after a ten-year siege.
Daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famed for her beauty; wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta; she was abducted by Paris and taken back to Troy, which led to the Greeks' siege of Troy.
King of Sparta, son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon and husband of Helen.
Chief city of Laconia in the Greek Peloponnese.
Son of King Priam of Troy.
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