Chapter 9 9

Although the Trojans did not know that the huge Greek warships had approached their land, since the Greek envoys left, the whole country was panicked and worried about the coming of war.At this time, Paris led the fleet and returned with the queen he hijacked and many spoils of war.King Priam was not pleased to see this ominous daughter-in-law enter the palace, and he called an urgent council of his sons and nobles.But his sons did not take it seriously, because Paris had distributed them a large amount of treasure, and also gave them the beautiful maid brought by Helen to marry them.They were tempted by riches and beauties, and they were young and warlike, so they negotiated to protect this foreign woman and keep her in the palace, and never give her back to the Greeks.

But the residents of the city were very afraid of the Greeks attacking the city.They were deeply dissatisfied with the prince and the beauties he had robbed. It was only out of awe of the old king that they did not resolutely oppose the new woman in the palace. Priam saw that everyone at the meeting decided to keep Helen and not deport her, so he sent the queen to her to find out whether she really came to Troy with Paris voluntarily. Helen claimed that her parentage showed her to be both a Trojan and a Greek, since Daneus and Agenor were the ancestors of the Trojan royal family as well as hers.She said that although she had been robbed involuntarily, she was now deeply in love with her new husband and was bound to him.She volunteered to be his wife.After this incident, it was impossible for her to get forgiveness from her ex-husband and the Greeks.If she were indeed driven out to the disposal of the Greeks, shame and death were her only fate.She has no other way to go.

She fell on her knees before Queen Hecuba with tears in her eyes.Hecuba lifted her up sympathetically, and told her that the King and all his sons had resolved to protect her against any attack.