 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 368 trang
...all their forces, and endeavour to restore her. Whereupon Helen married Menelaus, the son of Atreus, and brother of Agamemnon. They had not long enjoyed...promise made by the princes her admirers, and their assistance in the expedition against Troy. It cost the Greeks, however, much bloodshed, before ample... | |
 | John Robinson - 1831 - 960 trang
...the handsomest man of his age, and was adorned with those frivolous accomplishments which too often captivate the female mind, arrived in Sparta. His...husband, and relations, and was transported with all her wealth to the Trojan land. The Greeks united in the cause of Menelaus, and took Troy after a siege... | |
 | John Robinson - 1873 - 892 trang
...arrived in Sparta. His person, attainments, and address attracted the affections of Helen ; 1 .. QQ and she abandoned her country, her husband, and relations, and was transported with all her wealth to the Trojan land. The Greeks united in the causo of Meuelaus, and took Troy after a siege... | |
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Atreus, and brother of Agamemnon. They had not long enjoyed the sweets of conjugal union, when Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy, universally accounted the handsomest man of his age, and adorned with the frivolous accomplishments that usually captivate... 