The Childhood of Paris

When Menelaus came home and found that his guest had run away with his wife, he was very angry, and vowed that he would not rest until he had punished Paris and won back the beautiful Helen.

He therefore made ready for war, and sent word to his friends and relatives to come and help him, telling them to meet him at Aulis, a seaport, where they would find swiftsailing vessels to carry them across the sea to Troy.

From: H. A. Guerber, The Story of the Greeks; edited for this online publication, by ELLOPOS BLOG