Which Greek hero fought Paris in single combat for Helen?

Which Greek hero fought Paris in single combat for Helen? Menelaus fought Paris in the Iliad’s duel for Helen.

Menelaus was king of Sparta and Helen’s husband. After Paris took Helen to Troy, Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon gathered the Greek forces for the Trojan War. Before the armies fought, Paris proposed that a single combat determine Helen’s fate and potentially settle the conflict.

Menelaus accepted and quickly gained the advantage. His spear pierced Paris’s shield, and his sword broke against Paris’s helmet. Menelaus then seized Paris by the helmet and began dragging him away, but Aphrodite intervened, snapping the helmet strap and carrying Paris from the battlefield in a cloud.

Because the duel ended through divine intervention, it did not settle the war. The truce collapsed after the Trojan archer Pandarus wounded Menelaus. Readers sometimes confuse this fight with Achilles’ later duel with Hector; both are famous Iliadic single combats, but only Menelaus fought Paris over Helen.