Paris was promised the beutiest women of the world by Aphrodite if she was declared the owner of the Golden Apple. He then found Helen and kidnapped her. There was a treat about Helen which said that no one should rapture Helen after she decided with who she wanted to marry.
The war lasted 10 years, though almost no one know nothing about the pre 9 years. Maybe we could use that, or right away in the 10th and final year (achilles, horse)