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* AgeLift: Some sources say Menelaus was thirty at the beginning of the Trojan War, meaning he would have been forty by the time it ended. In this episode, he is portrayed as an older man, his actor Creator/KenBlackburn having been sixty-one, but it could be said that the stress of war has prematurely aged him.
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* TitleDrop: "Beware Greeks bearing gifts, Paris."
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* TitleDrop: "Beware Greeks bearing gifts, Paris.""
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* ItsAllMyFault: Since the war is at least technically being fought over her, Helen feels a great deal of guilt over the casualties on both sides. Xena tries to reassure her by saying the war stopping being about her a long time ago.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Since the war is at least technically being fought over her, Helen feels a great deal of guilt over the casualties on both sides. Xena tries to reassure her by saying the war stopping stopped being about her a long time ago.
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Directed by Creator/TJScott
Written by Creator/AdamArmus, Creator/NoraKayFoster, Creator/RoyThomas, & Creator/JanisHendler
Written by Creator/AdamArmus, Creator/NoraKayFoster, Creator/RoyThomas, & Creator/JanisHendler
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!Tropes:
* AdaptationalBadass: Downplayed. Paris doesn't get into much of the action, but he's constantly brave, directly involved in leading the struggle, and actively involved in any planning. He's not the simpering DirtyCoward hiding behind others seen in the myths.
* CainAndAbel: Paris realizes too late that he's the Abel to Deiphobus's Cain.
* CruelMercy: Xena defeats Deiphobus, but she doesn't kill him. Instead, she advises the group to simply leave him where he is.
-->'''Xena:''' When Menelaus comes out of Troy empty-handed, I want Deiphobus to be the first thing he sees.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Helen can't stand being the sought after prize in a bloody war. In the end, she gets her wish to just be a normal person.
* ItsAllMyFault: Since the war is at least technically being fought over her, Helen feels a great deal of guilt over the casualties on both sides. Xena tries to reassure her by saying the war stopping being about her a long time ago.
* TheMole: Deiphobus is secretly helping the Greeks.
* MotiveDecay: The war originally started as a result of Helen leaving with Paris. However, over time, Paris and Menelaus became more interested in winning the war and barely even seem aware that Helen exists. Xena questions if Menelaus even knew Helen long enough to have any affection for her in the first place.
* NoodleIncident: Xena and Helen's first meeting years ago.
* TakeAThirdOption: Helen doesn't want to stay in Troy with Paris, but Xena convinces her that going back to Menelaus won't end the war or make her feel any better. In the end, Helen simply departs with Perdicas to travel the land anonymously.
* TitleDrop: "Beware Greeks bearing gifts, Paris."
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Xena is summoned by the beautiful Helen of Troy to help end the bitter ten-year-long war between the Greeks and the Trojans.
