Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Trojan War

Heroic combat in the Trojan War. Painting by Gordon Dean.

Trojan War (TROH-jan). Nine-year conflict between Greeks and Trojans over Helen, wife of the Greek Menelaus, who was taken to Troy from her home in Sparta by the Trojan Paris.

Heroic combat in the Trojan War. Painting by Gordon Dean.

Trojan War (TROH-jan). Nine-year conflict between Greeks and Trojans over Helen, wife of the Greek Menelaus, who was taken to Troy from her home in Sparta by the Trojan Paris.