The Reconstruction of Troy by Priam by Jean Colombe from his Recueil des Histories de Troie, 1490. Priam was the king of Troy during the Trojan War. In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and has been narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably through Homer's Iliad and the Odyssey. The archeological layers of ruins in the citadel at Hisarlik are numbered Troy I - Troy IX. Troy VI was destroyed around 1250 BC, probably by an earthquake. Only a single arrowhead was found in this layer, and no remains of bodies. However the town quickly recovered and was rebuilt in a layout that was more orderly. Troy VII, which has been dated to the mid-to-late 13th century BC, is the most often cited candidate for the Troy of Homer. It appears to have been destroyed by war. Jean Colombe (1430 - 1493) was a French miniature painter and illuminator of manuscripts.