> [!quote] [Herodotus said The Greeks overreacted to Helen being stolen, cause Asians did it all the time. Is this a reasonable claim?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/u7h1oo/herodotus_said_the_greeks_overreacted_to_helen/) by [[LegalAction]] (flaired user: Roman Late Republic) via [[rAskHistorians]] 2022-04-06 > This comes at the end of a rather summarized history of Greek/Asian relations in the past. So these Phoenicians nab Io from Argos, then some Greeks grab Europa from Tyre, and then they grab Medea from Colchis. Her father asked for reparations, but never got any. Then Paris takes Hellen, and the Greeks FLIP THE FUCK out. They get this armada of a thousand ships and go BURN TROY TO THE GROUND! The Asians are over there like, "Dude, calm down! We didn't come smash up your flat when you took Medea!" That's the point Herodotus is making with this story.