Would you blame the Trojan War on Helen of Troy? If not, who would you blame and why?
@WildMen4444 Жыл бұрын
Like all things in life, the Trojan War had more than one cause. Should Helen have honored the fact that She was married to Menelaus? Yes However, Paris could have also respected Helen's marriage if for no other reason than it being protected by an interpolitical treaty. I understand that in the Ancient Greek mind the onus was on Helen to do the right thing because the Greeks had the "boys will be boys" attitude but even then I have no doubt Hector gave Paris at least side eye every now and then saying, "Really, dude? You HAD to have her?!"
@someone-wo5nu Жыл бұрын
Zeus, cause he made her
@streetbob95 Жыл бұрын
Blaming Helen: broke Blaming Eris for that whole apple thing: woke
@WildMen4444 Жыл бұрын
Hail to the Divine Helen of Troy!
@rajuranjankumar1695 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this crystal clear explanation 💐💐
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@Davlavi Жыл бұрын
This channel deserves way more views. Keep up the great videos.🙏
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. 😊
@nedspain92944 ай бұрын
Helen might have been a direct metaphor for the Hellespont, a critical point for controlling trade between the Aegean and the regions all around the black sea. For all those nation states to form a Greek League and send warriors to die - trade expansion would have been a real reason over helping one leader solve his lady -beef. Women and female goddess figures were usually directly associated with water geography. Maybe Helen of Sparta did run away with Paris, but maybe it poetically linked with the confederate desire to expand trade by wresting it from the Dardanians. Trade, riches, and booty. One thing's for sure. After the Greeks had control of Troy, they had trade control over the Hellespont which expanded their money making opportunities beyond the Aegean. Opportunities previously owned by Troy and Dardania.
@Tekmirion Жыл бұрын
Well presented and informative!
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын
Thank you! We're so glad that you enjoyed it. 🙂
@terreerhodes600710 ай бұрын
Helen was an excuse for the war . They were extremely angry at Troy for the high taxes on shipping. Since Troy controlled the shipping lanes
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia10 ай бұрын
She was definitely a convenient excuse to go to war. Thanks for watching!
@jerrydrouillard Жыл бұрын
Helen of Troy the face that launched a 1000 ships.
@NawiXXI Жыл бұрын
Looking into the story of Helen and Cassandra after watching *Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery*
@zenleonor944010 ай бұрын
So done of her vanity
@catherinekovel8686 Жыл бұрын
Can you please do a video on the Trojan priestess Cassandra?
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын
Hi! Thank you for the suggestion. I'm sure we'll be doing a video on Cassandra in the future. 🙂
@bharatmahaan2991 Жыл бұрын
In Troy(2004), Hector kills Menelaus ...in order to protect Paris... so it wasn't faithful to the original...
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын
Troy (2004) takes many creative liberties, much of it does not follow the ancient literature.
@nazza8417 Жыл бұрын
Please make a video about Lilith
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын
Stay tuned - we're always adding new content. 🙂
@Janizzary Жыл бұрын
The connection between the Trojan War legend, the invasions of the Sea Peoples and the Bronze Age Collapse is hazy, but interesting. Were the Trojans actually Hittites? Were the Greeks a branch of the so-called Sea Peoples? Did these invasions lead to the Bronze Age Collapse, or were they just symptoms of it?
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын
Very interesting questions to think about for sure. I think it's definitely safe to say that a mix of things contributed to the Bronze Age Collapse.
@Mustafa-xd6jz Жыл бұрын
Aphrodite and Paris are definitely the ones to blame.
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын
Yep. Thanks for watching! 🙂
@johncorker9148 Жыл бұрын
Wasn't the ancient city of Troy discovered?
@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын
Yes! It is believed to be the modern day site of Hisarlik in Turkey, excavated by Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann in the late 19th century.
@THomAs.H.P.76 Жыл бұрын
5:30 besides beauty another Alexander got all the other prizes.
@dijonstreak11 ай бұрын
sounds more like a Book Report rather something that YOU....Yourswelf heavily delved on to find out who the REAL Helenwas and not just skim over the surface " facts " already masde accessible to the general public...are YOU willing to accetpt AND Discover the REAL HELEN. ??!!