Myths and Legends of Europe

Myths and Legends of Europe


Chapter Eighteen: The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships

May 12, 2018

The story of the Trojan War is one of the most famous and exciting of the Greek myths. It is a tale full of friendship, treachery, love, revenge, tragedy and death. This is the first of nine chapters which will tell the whole story of the build up to the war, the war itself and what happened to the survivors. In it we meet some of the important characters and hear about the wedding at which the seeds of the war were sown.