Paris’ family was not happy about Helen because she brought war to Troy. Helen and Paris live within its walls along with all of the Trojans and King Priam (Paris’ father), Queen Hecuba, Hector and Cassandra his brother and sister. When they arrived at Troy, the Greeks created an encampment outside the strong fortress of Troy. So off he left for Troy, leaving his baby son Telemachus in the care of his wife Penelope and his mother Eurycleia. Odysseus swerved to save his son and Menelaus deemed him fit for battle. Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon tested Odysseus’ claim by setting his newborn son in the middle of the field, in the path of the plow. He ran around like a madman, pushing a horseless plow through an empty field at random. Odysseus did not want to go to war and tried to get out of it by pretending to be insane. When Menelaus got to Ithaca (ITH uh kuh), King Odysseus’ wife had just given birth to his first child, a son, Telemachus. As a group, those Greeks who fought at Troy are called “Achaeans” (includes Menelaus, Odysseus, Achilles, Agamemnon, Ajax, all famous warriors).
On the way, he calls on all of the Greek kings and they rally their troops to form a massive Greek army that grows as it sails for Troy. …When Menelaus noticed that Helen had been taken from him by Paris (remember, he chose Aphrodite to receive the golden apple and that’s how he thinks he can have Helen), he sails for Troy to get her back.
It’s pretty much how I’d say it in class: We didn’t get to it in class on Wed., so here is the ending part of the story of The Iliad.
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