Paris, Prince of Troy, is blown off-course and lands his ship at Sparta - home of Menelaus and ... he knows it will mean war…and that he will be 'in it up to my neck'. See Resources below ...

Helen married King Menelaus of Sparta, then ran off with Paris from Troy, precipitating the 10-year Trojan War as a Greek alliance fought to get Helen back. In her first book of poems ...