<P> According to one account, Hera, still jealous over the judgement of Paris, sent a storm . The storm caused the lovers to land in Egypt, where the gods replaced Helen with a likeness of her made of clouds, Nephele . The myth of Helen being switched is attributed to the 6th century BC Sicilian poet Stesichorus . For Homer the true Helen was in Troy . The ship then landed in Sidon before reaching Troy . Paris, fearful of getting caught, spent some time there and then sailed to Troy . </P> <P> Paris' abduction of Helen had several precedents . Io was taken from Mycenae, Europa was taken from Phoenicia, Jason took Medea from Colchis, and the Trojan princess Hesione had been taken by Heracles, who gave her to Telamon of Salamis . According to Herodotus, Paris was emboldened by these examples to steal himself a wife from Greece, and expected no retribution, since there had been none in the other cases . </P> <P> According to Homer, Menelaus and his ally, Odysseus, traveled to Troy, where they unsuccessfully sought to recover Helen by diplomatic means . </P> <P> Menelaus then asked Agamemnon to uphold his oath, which, as one of Helen's suitors, was to defend her marriage regardless of which suitor had been chosen . Agamemnon agreed and sent emissaries to all the Achaean kings and princes to call them to observe their oaths and retrieve Helen . </P>

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