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In any event, Menelaus immediately called upon his allies to help him get his queen back. And so the forces of the Achaean League, with Agamemnon in overall command, set out to conquer Troy.

In any event, Menelaus immediately called upon his allies to help him get his queen back. And so the forces of the Achaean League, with Agamemnon in overall command, set out to conquer Troy.

Because Troy sat on the narrow passage between the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the Euxine Sea (today called the [[Black Sea]], most scholars suggest the overriding motivation was that the Achaean kings resented having to pay toll to the Trojans to gain access to the Euxine Sea and wanted to put an end to that practice.

Because Troy sat on the narrow passage between the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the Euxine Sea (today called the [[Black Sea]]), most scholars suggest the overriding motivation was that the Achaean kings resented having to pay toll to the Trojans to gain access to the Euxine Sea and wanted to put an end to that practice.

This [[Trojan War]], of course, lasted for ten years. And the return voyage was, if anything, more disastrous than the losses the Achaeans sustained in their ten-year siege of the city.

This [[Trojan War]], of course, lasted for ten years. And the return voyage was, if anything, more disastrous than the losses the Achaeans sustained in their ten-year siege of the city.

[[Category: Trojan War]]

[[Category: Trojan War]]