The tale of Troy, with Helen’s abduction leading to a decade-long Greek siege, resonates with its portrayal of beauty’s power. Zeus sparks the war by tasking Prince Paris with judging the fairest goddess.
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The story of Troy speaks to all of us – the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for 10 whole and very bloody years. It is Zeus, the king of the gods, who triggers the war when he asks the Trojan prince Paris to judge the fairest goddess of them all. ( 13 CD Set )