Of course , Aphrodite had not thought about the fact that the most beautiful woman , Helen , Queen of Sparta , already had a husband ( King Menelaus of Sparta ) . But Aphrodite had her son , Eros , shoot Helen with a golden arrow and fall in love with Paris . In exchange , Aphrodite made Helen , the most beautiful of all women and wife of Menelaus , fall in love with Paris , who took her to Troy .