Although there is insufficient evidence to fully prove that the Trojan War described in Homer's Iliad actually occurred, there is evidence that wars may have occurred during the period specified in the Iliad. Archaeologists and finds show that there was a war between Greece and Rome. Hittite documents show that there were military and political tensions around Troy around the 13th century, around the time of the Trojan War described in Homer's Iliad. The stories say that the Trojan War began after Paris, who was a Trojan prince, stole Helen who was the queen of Sparta. Husband of Queen Helen, Menelaus had convinced his brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, to lead an expedition to Troy to get her back. Achilles, Ajax, Nestor, and Odysseus along with a fleet of more than a thousand ships accompanied Agamemnon to recover it. This is why Helena is described as “the face that launched a thousand ships”. They sailed across the Aegean Sea to invade Troy and return Helen to Menelaus. Stories: Homer was the writer of the Iliad and some call him the greatest Greek poet. THE ...