Troy #2 First of all, Paris is not as much of a coward as I thought he was. Although he retreated on the battle with Menelaos, He didn't give up loving Helene until the end of this war. I thought he was not brave because he ran to Hector on the brink of death so that Hector saved him and killed Menelaos instead. But now, I think he must have been very determined at least to love Helene. If he had been really scared of Menelaos, He might not have taken Helene to Troy. At least in loving someone, Paris was brave, but he should admit that he was not responsible as a prince of Troy. Secondly, The war didn't broke out only because Menelaos wanted to take his wife back. Even though there had been nothing between Helene and Paris, Agamemnon would have made up some reasons to attack Troy. This war was not for Paris or Menelaos, but for Agamemnon to submit Troy to him. I think that's why Hector just accepted his fate to fight and not blame Paris and Helene for this war. He must have recognized that Helene is just a superficial issue to conquer Troy.