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Troy: The city of Troy is best known for the Trojan War

The city of Troy is best known for the Trojan War.. KEYWORDS: Troy trojans ancient Greece trojan war mystical places, mystical place Illium Ilion Ilios allies of the trojans trojan horse King Priam Queen Hecuba Prince Paris Troad royalty of ancient Troy other names for Troy

Troy is a Phrygian city in northwestern Asia Minor in the region called the Troad. The people are called Trojans, and was perhaps best known for the Trojan War.

Troy is perhaps best known for it's part in the war. It was prompted by a young woman named Helen.

It was said that Helen was the most beautiful woman in the world. Because of this she had many men asking to be her suitor. Helen later married a man named Menelaus who happened to be the brother of her sister's husband Agamemnon.

A young Trojan prince named Paris had been promised the hand of Helen from Aphrodite. Aphrodite agreed to grant him that wish becuase he had chosen her as the most beautiful goddess. Paris then went and kidnapped the woman Helen and took her off to Troy. Paris refused to return Helen, and as a result Menelaus and his men marched on to Troy and war.

This war lasted 10 years and in that time the young prince Paris was killed by the archer Philoctetes. Helen was now forced to marry his brother Deiphobus. It is important to note that Helen was very happy with Menelaus and never wanted to be taken to Troy at all.

Throughout this time it was thought by Menelaus that Helen was a traitor. Nearing the end of the 10 years he was searching the castle in order to find and kill her. Upon finding her, he sees her stab her "husband," and realizes that she had no plan in this (it was because of the spell of Aphrodite).

Menelaus rescued his wife and took her home. With the aid of Zeus and Apollo she was kept safe and returned to her family.