The gift that hid a nasty surprise


THE war between the Greek and Trojan armies finally ended last week when the Greeks used a cunning trick to mount a surprise attack. This ends a drama that began nearly a decade ago with, of all things, a wedding.

Sparta, a powerful city in Greece, had a beautiful princess named Helen. A former winner of the Miss Universe beauty pageant – who has also been named on Sparta Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People list – she had many royal suitors.

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