King Menelaus lost Helen when she eloped with Paris.
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Oenone was Paris' lover, and Helen was his wife. Helen was known as "Helen of Sparta" and "Helen of Troy. " She was a demigod, as Zeus was her father.
Helen, the wife of menelus( a king of greece) eloped with paris, the prince of troy and declined to return Helen. Agamenon, the strong emperor of Greece saw a reason to attack his long time enemy the troy and called for the war...
The Trojan war began when Helen eloped with Paris. Helen was the wife of Menelaus; king of Mycenae (Sparta) and Paris was the son of Priam, King of Troy. The couple escaped back to Troy; and Menelaus called upon the rest of the Greek states to support his effort to get Helen back. When the Trojans refused to give Helen back to Menelaus the Greeks attacked the city; and after a long siege Troy was destroyed.
The reasons for the Trojan war are: 1. Paris took Helen to Troy. 2. Helen was Menelaus' wife. 3. Menelaus loved his wife dearly.
Paris of Troy abducted Helen who was the wife of Menelaus.