On or about 1032 BC, [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]], son of [[Priam]], king of [[Troy]], visited Sparta on a trade expedition. There he met [[Helen of Troy]], wife and consort to Menelaus. The sketchier account suggests he abducted her, but most scholars of the [[Trojan War]] (who now consider this war a real event) say Helen ran away with Paris. | On or about 1032 BC, [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]], son of [[Priam]], king of [[Troy]], visited Sparta on a trade expedition. There he met [[Helen of Troy]], wife and consort to Menelaus. The sketchier account suggests he abducted her, but most scholars of the [[Trojan War]] (who now consider this war a real event) say Helen ran away with Paris. |