Paris kidnapped Helen and brought her back to Troy.
Helen was not kidnapped, she enthusiastically ran off with Paris, and stole her husband's Menelaus' treasures as well to take with her..
No - the Greeks were furious that Helen had been kidnapped and brought to their enemy's land, Troy, so they attacked Troy.
Theseus kidnapped Helen when she was around the age of 12-14 (it varies) because he and his friend Pirithous wanted to marry daughters of Zeus. They casted lots and Theseus got Helen while Pirithous got Persephone. When Theseus went with Pirithous to Hades to kidnap Persephone, Helen's elder brothers Castor and Polydueces (or Pollux) came after their sister. They went to Athens first, but soon found out that she was with Theseus' mother Aethra. They threatened war if she wasn't returned, and since Theseus was gone, there wasn't really anything to stop them from retrieving their sister. When she returned, she was sought after by many suitors. Menelaus won her hand and they were married. It wasn't until after that that Paris kidnapped her. Whether or not Helen was kidnapped by Paris or went willingly with him is never clarified in the Iliad and other sources have varying ideas surrounding this. (I added the Paris information, because the previous answer for this question said that Helen was only kidnapped by Paris, and wasn't really kidnapped since she went willingly..)
Helen of Troy, previously Helen of Sparta. She was kidnapped by Prince Paris of Troy because she was so beautiful, and her father the king of Sparta launched a thousand ships to save her.
Helen was kidnapped in the city of Sparta
Paris kidnapped Helen and brought her back to Troy.
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She was Helen of Troy. So it was Troy. __ Helen was NOT from Troy originally. She was kidnapped from Sparta, her husband Menelaus was the king of Sparta. Paris of Troy either kidnapped her, or she fell in love with him and ran away with him (depending on which story you read) and they went to Troy.
Whether she was actually kidnapped or not is open for debate, but the best answer would be Paris, with the help of Aphrodite.
Helen was born and raised in Sparta. But when she was "kidnapped" by Paris, she lived in Troy.
Helen was not kidnapped, she enthusiastically ran off with Paris, and stole her husband's Menelaus' treasures as well to take with her..
The Greek mythological stories did not happen in our chronology.
2 theories: When Paris came to stay at Helen and her husband's house he kidnapped her OR she willingly went with him.
Helen was the daugher of Zeus and she married Menelaus of Sparta. She got kidnapped by Paris of Troy and this is what caused the Trojan War.
Helen of Troy was kidnapped, and she was said to have a face that launched a thousand ships.