The old and historical love stories still have an impact on our present day, and the reason for that is that the love in those stories was real, emanating from the heart, and controlling the lives of the heroes.The lover was ready to give everything to his beloved, and to do the impossible to be by his side, to the point of sacrificing his life for her happiness.One of the most famous love stories in history is the story of Paris and Helen, a love story that led to a long war and destroyed an entire city.Helen, the daughter of the king of Sparta, was the highest example of beauty, and she was circulating news of her beauty in the country of Greece, which prompted the princes to compete for her engagement from every direction, so her father was confused in choosing the right husband for her, hesitating and feeling afraid to announce his choice so as not to anger the other princes So he thought of a way and gathered all the princes and told them that today he wanted to choose a husband for his daughter Helen from among them, but before that he wanted everyone to swear that his choice would not be a cause of grudge, hatred and war among them, and everyone agreed to the oath, after that he The king asked Helen to choose the husband she wanted from among them, and Helen chose Prince Menelaus.

The next day, the king of Sparta abdicated the throne in favor of Prince Menelaus.Paris is a handsome Trojan prince, son of King Priam. He made a diplomatic visit with his brother Hector and a delegation from Troy to Sparta, and he met King Menelaus and his wife Helen. Paris was impressed by Helen at first sight, and at that time King Menelaus was preparing himself to travel.Helen met Paris after her husband traveled, and the spark of love had ignited between them, and it was love "at first sight, and they decided to stay together" forever, Helen agreed to flee with Paris on his ship to Troy, to be together, "and it was considered that Paris had risen By kidnapping Helen even though she traveled with him of her own free will.When Menelaus learned that his wife had disappeared, he got angry and sailed towards Troy and waged war on her with the help of his brother and princes from the Greeks, they tried to penetrate it, but Troy was impregnable and resisted fiercely.After that, they besieged it, and the siege lasted for ten years, after that the Greeks resorted to the trick of the Trojan horse, so they stormed it and burned it and killed Paris.