thumb|right|The Burning of Troy (1759–1762), oil painting by Johann Georg Trautmann Menelaus' brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris' insult. After the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse. The Achaeans slaughtered the Trojans, except for some of the women and children whom they kept or sold as slaves and desecrated the temples, thus earning the gods' wrath. Few of the Achaeans returned safely to their homes and many founded colonies in distant shores. The Romans later traced their origin to Aeneas, Aphrodite's son and one of the Trojans, who was said to have led the surviving Trojans to Italy.
thumb|right|The Burning of Troy (1759–1762) oil painting by Johann Georg Trautmann Menelaus' brother Agamemnon king of Mycenae led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris' insult After the deaths of many heroes including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax and the Trojans Hector and Paris the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse The Achaeans slaughtered the Trojans except for some of the women and children whom they kept or sold as slaves and desecrated the temples thus earning the gods' wrath Few of the Achaeans returned safely to their homes and many founded colonies in distant shores The Romans later traced their origin to Aeneas Aphrodite's son and one of the Trojans who was said to have led the surviving Trojans to Italy