 | mrs. John Hurford - 1824 - 128 pages
...posterity by the poet Homer, was undertaken by a confederacy of Grecian chiefs, for the recovery of Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta; who had been carried off" by Paris, a Trojan prince. The Greeks, under the command of Agamemnon, besieged Troy for ten years ; and at length... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - Latin language - 1836 - 502 pages
...About this time, a much greater disaster befel Priam, king of Troy. Refusing to restore Helen, the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, who had been carried off by his son Paris, or Alexander, he was stripped of his kingdom by the Greeks, after a siege of ten years,... | |
 | Charles Anthon - Latin language - 1842 - 356 pages
...About™ this time a much heavier disaster befell" Priam, king of Troy. Refusing™ to restore Helen, the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, who had been carried off " by his son Paris or Alexander, he was stripped1* of his kingdom by the Greeks, after a siege of ten years,... | |
 | Richmal Mangnall - History - 1859 - 590 pages
...Grecian expedition against Troy undertaken ? About 1150 years BC, to recover Helen, the beautiful queen of Sparta, who had been carried off by Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy ? Who commanded this expedition ? Agamemnon, king of Argos and Mycenae. How long did the siege of Troy... | |
 | John Lockhart (LL.D.) - 1870 - 272 pages
...recovery of Helen, the wife of Menelaus. king of Sparta ; who, in violation of the laws of hospitality, had been carried off by Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy. The most famous of the Grecian leaders after Agamemnon were Achilles, Ajax, Diomedes, and Ulysses ; and... | |
 | George Lovett Bennett - 1876 - 160 pages
...by Hercules. Lerauos — an island in the Aegean Sea. The siege of Troy was undertaken by the Greeks to recover Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta,...carried off by Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy. 52. iure nigro — 'black broth,' a standing dish at a Spartan dinner. — Lat. Prim. § 119. 53. Themistocles... | |
 | George Lovett Bennett - 1878 - 172 pages
...by Hercules Lemnos — an island in the Aegean Sea. The siege of Troy was undertaken by the Greeks to recover Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, who had been carried off bj Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy. 62. lure nigro — 'black broth,' a standing dish at a Spartan... | |
 | George Lovett Bennett - Latin language - 1881 - 168 pages
...the Aegean Sea. The siege of Troy was undertaken by the Greeks to recover Helen, wife of'Menelaus, king of Sparta, who had been carried off by Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy. • 62. iure nigro — 'black broth,' a standing dish at a Spartan dinner. — Lui. Prim, § 119. 63.... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - Greek literature - 1890 - 938 pages
...clearly manifest. This siege of Troy had been undertaken by the Greeks in order to bring back Helen, the wife of Menelaus, King of Sparta, who had been carried off by Paris, son of Priam, King of Troy. The -love of Helen had been promised him by Aphrodite, when she, Here, the wife of Zeus, and Athene, had... | |
 | Arnold F. Graves - English drama - 1903 - 152 pages
...Agamemnon King of Argos led the Greeks against Troy to recover Helen, the wife of his brother Menelaus, who had been carried off by Paris, son of Priam King of Troy. Artemis, enraged at a slight put upon her by Agamemnon, held the Greek fleet becalmed at Aulis until... | |
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Greeks to recover Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, who had been carried off by Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy. 52. iure nigro — 'black broth,' a standing dish at a Spartan dinner. 
