Helen of Troy is the incredible story of an epic war fought to win the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.
Helen's stunning beauty was a curse from which no one could escape. It forced her father, the king of Sparta, to keep Helen as a prisoner in her own home out of fear that the desire of other men to possess Helen's godlike beauty would destroy his kingdom. Only after arranging her marriage to his successor to the throne did he allow Helen to be seen in public, but Helen's husband and his allies quickly realized that Helen's beauty could indeed cause a devastating war, and they vowed that no one would ever sleep with her.
However, a young Trojan warrior named Paris knew nothing of the vow, and when he first saw Helen, he knew only that they were destined to be together. The pair fell in love the moment they meet, and together they fled Sparta for the city of Troy, risking everything to be together.
But the Spartan king was unwilling to let his bride go without a fight, and so began one of ancient civilization's greatest wars. Helen became "the face that launched a thousand ships," as the Spartans sailed an army across the Aegean to mount an attack (on) the Trojan city.
A savage war raged around the formidable walls of Troy for almost ten years, resulting in the deaths of countless soldiers and nearly causing the collapse of both civilizations. It took history's most infamous deception - the Trojan Horse - to finally bring the brutal conflict to an end.
Watch this page for a detailed synopsis of each night of this epic miniseries immediately after each part premieres!
PART 1 PREMIERES SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 8PM/7C
PART 2 PREMIERES MONDAY, APRIL 21, 8PM/7C