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The Fight For Helen

By Liz B. and Sami S.

During the Trojan War I n 1200 B.C., Helen, the princess  of Sparta, and Paris, prince  of Troy, were hitched in Troy. Menelaus, king  of Sparta and also Helen’s ex-husband, was furious to find out that Paris took her. He called all of Helen’s old callers and all of them had made an oath that they would stay by her side no matter what. Most of them did not want to go to war. Odysseus pretended to be insane so he wouldn’t have to go to war but Palamedes found out. Willingly, Helen went with Paris and carried many of Menelaus’ treasures with them. Finding Troy was hard, and the Greek ships landed in Mysia, so it proved more difficult than anyone had expected. the Greeks thought that Helen had been taken by the Teuthranians, but they hadn’t taken her. With no where else to run, the Greeks returned to home base. [] During and after The Trojan War T elephus, in the middle of the war was hurt by Achilles. With no where else to go, he went home. D <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">id you know that the Trojan War might not have happened if Telephus went to Greece with hopes of having his injury healed. He had been told by an oracle the person who wounded him was the only person who could heal him. The first nine years of the war, contained both war in Troy and war against the bordering regions. The Greeks noticed that Troy was being supplied by its bordering kingdoms so the Greeks were sent to destroy them. Menelaus demanded that Helen and the stolen treasures be returned to him immediately. Sadly, during the war, Achilles was murdered by Paris. The Trojans celebrated what <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">they <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">thought was a victory and brought the wooden horse into Troy. Sinon a Greek warrior let the other warriors out of the horse and they killed the Trojans. The Greeks won lots of important battles and the Trojan hero Hector died along with the Trojan ally Penthesilea.

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