Treason Against Troy

How far would you go if someone took everything from you, what would you do to get it back? Would you use your past skills to find and kill the one that took everything, would you go to your brother, who just so happens to be High King of Greece, and call for a mass invasion? Well Menelaus did get everything taken from him, well, maybe not everything, just Helen, his lovely wife and a large amount of his gold. Paris is the reason for the Trojan War, Paris is the reason for the destruction of his home. Paris IS guilty of treason against Troy.

Now imagine this, you are now the brother of the High King of Greece, you yourself is the King of Sparta, you are married to the most beautiful woman on the planet (or guy, it is legal now) and you are very wealthy. You are away from home, after having Paris and Hector in your company, at a funeral grieving the death of Catreus and on arrival you learn that Paris abducted your wife and stole a large sum of gold from you. You just lost everything, again, how far would you go to get everything back? Well you go to your brother and call for a mass invasion of Troy, and after a long 10 years of war, the Greeks finally penetrate the walls of Troy and destroy it. Lets now rewind 10 years, if Paris didn’t take Helen from you and your money, this would have never happened. Paris is the reason for the war and guilty of treason against Troy.

First off, Paris is a thief, he abducted Helen, granted she may have agreed to go, nevertheless, Paris still took Helen from Menelaus, I mean the Trojan prince couldn’t have settled for the second most beautiful woman, or at least a woman that wasn’t married. Paris, when taking Helen, also decided he wanted to take a large sum of gold from Menelaus. If Paris wanted wealth, why didn’t he choose Hera, Hera was not only power but wealth, a lot more wealth than what he took from the Spartan King. Enraged by this, Menelaus went to Agamemnon and asked for an invasion of Troy and Agamemnon agreed. Admittedly, Agamemnon being the greedy man he is would have agreed to the invasion regardless of what Menelaus wanted because Troy was very rich. However that still doesn’t change the fact that Paris stole from Menelaus.

One of the only ways, minus not even taking Helen and the gold, to appease Menelaus was to return all of the gold and Helen. If he were to keep the gold but give back Helen, it would have eliminated all of Helen’s previous suitors because they would have had no need to defend her honor. But if he would have returned both Helen and the gold, he could have saved the lives of many, including both his father and brother, and the city itself. Paris only cares for himself, he got his brother, father, 90% of Troy, and many more killed, if he cared for anyone or anything, he would have thought that there was no good outcome.

Treason is no small matter, when you have someone sabotaging any hope for peace that is bad. Paris did exactly that, when on a diplomatic meeting you don’t steal a married man’s wife, it’s just not right. A wise man once said “Bros before Hoes” and that is exactly what Paris needed to realize. Furthermore, on the battlefield with Menelaus, the young Prince was wounded and tried to escape. Priam, Paris’ father, was ordering him to turn around and fight but Paris did not, so he also disobeyed a direct order from a the highest point of authority. It makes it worse when said authority is you dad. He also got his brother killed, if not for the war, Hector wouldn’t have mistakenly killed Patroclus, Achilles nephew, than Achilles wouldn’t have killed Hector. All he had to do was think before acting, before committing treason.

After all that has been said, Paris is the biggest homewrecker ever, he stole a married man’s wife, he stole from the Greeks and expected nothing bad to come. He got his father killed, his brother killed, and his home destroyed. For what, a pretty face, it’s people like Paris that ruin society. He needs to be locked up, sent to death row, either way, he needs to be gone, he must pay for starting the Trojan War, being a homewrecker and for committing treason. You, the jury must find Paris guilty.