Sparta was home to King Menelaus and Helen: once Helen of Sparta, before she was kidnapped by the Trojan prince, Paris, and became Helen of Troy. Today, Menelaus and Helen’s Sparta is empty.

Helen is the wife of Menelaus - King of Sparta - and he musters an army led by his brother Agamemnon to sail to Troy to take Helen back. The war lasts for 10 long years, during which time the main ...

Our version of the story is told from the point of view of the Old Soldier looking back 40 years to the time when he was a bobyguard assigned to King Menelaus in the Spartan court. As the Old ...