Helen of Troy, the Catalyst for the Trojan War

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Would you blame the Trojan War on Helen of Troy? If not, who would you blame and why?

[@WildMen4444]

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]

Zeus, cause he made her

[@streetbob95]

Blaming Helen: broke Blaming Eris for that whole apple thing: woke

[@WildMen4444]

Hail to the Divine Helen of Troy!

[@rajuranjankumar1695]

Thanks for this crystal clear explanation 💐💐

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Davlavi]

This channel deserves way more views. Keep up the great videos.🙏

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thank you so much. 😊

[@nedspain9294]

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]

Well presented and informative!

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thank you! We're so glad that you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@terreerhodes6007]

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

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

She was definitely a convenient excuse to go to war. Thanks for watching!

[@jerrydrouillard]

Helen of Troy the face that launched a 1000 ships.

[@NawiXXI]

Looking into the story of Helen and Cassandra after watching *Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery*

[@zenleonor9440]

So done of her vanity

[@catherinekovel8686]

Can you please do a video on the Trojan priestess Cassandra?

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Hi! Thank you for the suggestion. I'm sure we'll be doing a video on Cassandra in the future. 🙂

[@bharatmahaan2991]

In Troy(2004), Hector kills Menelaus ...in order to protect Paris... so it wasn't faithful to the original...

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Troy (2004) takes many creative liberties, much of it does not follow the ancient literature.

[@nazza8417]

Please make a video about Lilith

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Stay tuned - we're always adding new content. 🙂

[@Janizzary]

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]

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]

Aphrodite and Paris are definitely the ones to blame.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Yep. Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@johncorker9148]

Wasn't the ancient city of Troy discovered?

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

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]

5:30 besides beauty another Alexander got all the other prizes.

[@dijonstreak]

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. ??!!