After running from the police for a long time, you are tired, out of breath and thinking about the consequences that will soon come, all because you stole a pack of chewing gum from the local gas station. This situation is similar to Paris and the Trojan War. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed in the Trojan War, as did Alexander the Great. Since then, the story of the Trojan War has been passed down to the present day. Paris, prince of Troy, was chosen to choose the most beautiful of three famous goddesses. He chose Aphrodite and got a reward for choosing her. His reward was one of the biggest mistakes of his entire life, causing something that couldn't have happened in the first place. The Trojan War is one of the most pointless wars because of what started it, what the final outcome of the war was, and if it even existed. For starters, the Trojan War is ambiguous because of how it began. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia states that "The conflict began after the Trojan prince Paris kidnapped Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta" (1). This proves that the war was started by a human being: a simple, but beautiful woman. As you can imagine in your mind, Paris was blinded by love, chasing and practically kidnapping Helen. All he could see was her beauty, not the consequences that would follow soon after. Edward Bleiberg proclaims that “…Paris chooses Aphrodite on the basis of her promise to give him the most beautiful woman in the world. Unfortunately, the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, is already the wife of a Spartan king named Menelaus, so the abduction of Paris to Troy prompts the Greeks to gather a fleet to pursue her under the leadership of the high king of Greece, Agamemnon ” (Blei...... middle of paper...... next question if this happened? History will always find a way to repeat itself. Works Cited “Iliad”. Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students. Ed. Carroll Moulton. Vol. 2New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 25 March 2014. "L 'age of the Homeric epic'. Rome 1200 BC-476 AD Detroit: Gale, 2005. 122-126. Gale Virtual Reference Library Web, 25 March 2014. “Trojan War”. Network. 25 March 2014. Weigel, Jr., James. "Iliad." Masterplots, fourth edition (2010): 1-4. Literary Reference Center. Web 25. 2014.