Helen of Troy (film) Andraste, Helen's handmaiden, her first film production shot outside France. The film retells the story of the Trojan War in 1100 B.C., albeit with some major changes from the Iliad's storyline; Paris of Troy (Jacques Sernas) sails to Sparta to secure a peace treaty between the two powerful city-states. His ship is forced to return to Troy in a storm after he has been swept overboard on the shore of Sparta. Paris is found by Helen, queen of Sparta (Rossana Podestà) with whom he falls in love. He goes to the palace where he finds Helen's husband, king Menelaus (Niall
Chilon of Sparta king Anaxandridas II of Sparta and bore his son, king Cleomenes I. Chilon of Sparta said also the famous Ancient Greek proverb: "Το λακωνίζειν εστί φιλοσοφείν " in English " less is more" or " brevity is the soul of wit" or " brevity is a way of philosophy" which means that the best way of being philosopher is through brevity and describes the way of Spartans' way of thinking and attitude. Diogenes Laertius describes him as a writer of elegiac poems, and attributes many sayings to him: According to an inscription at the Bath of the Seven Sages in