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    The story of the Trojan War between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece has inspired writers for centuries. Archaeological evidence uncovered since the 19th century discovery of Troy suggests the site held a kingdom that peaked around 1180 BC, possibly forming the basis for Homer's tales in the Iliad and Odyssey written around 400 years later. The war began after the Trojan prince Paris either abducted or eloped with Queen Helen of Sparta, whose husband Menelaus convinced his brother Agamemnon to lead an expedition to retrieve her, joined by Greek heroes like Achilles and Odysseus with over a thousand ships demanding Helen's return from King Priam of Troy.

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    The story of the Trojan War between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece has inspired writers for centuries. Archaeological evidence uncovered since the 19th century discovery of Troy suggests the site held a kingdom that peaked around 1180 BC, possibly forming the basis for Homer's tales in the Iliad and Odyssey written around 400 years later. The war began after the Trojan prince Paris either abducted or eloped with Queen Helen of Sparta, whose husband Menelaus convinced his brother Agamemnon to lead an expedition to retrieve her, joined by Greek heroes like Achilles and Odysseus with over a thousand ships demanding Helen's return from King Priam of Troy.

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    The story of the Trojan War between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece has inspired writers for centuries. Archaeological evidence uncovered since the 19th century discovery of Troy suggests the site held a kingdom that peaked around 1180 BC, possibly forming the basis for Homer's tales in the Iliad and Odyssey written around 400 years later. The war began after the Trojan prince Paris either abducted or eloped with Queen Helen of Sparta, whose husband Menelaus convinced his brother Agamemnon to lead an expedition to retrieve her, joined by Greek heroes like Achilles and Odysseus with over a thousand ships demanding Helen's return from King Priam of Troy.

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