I intend that we will part in peace, at last,
Trojans and Achaeans. Look what heavy casualties
you have suffered just for me, my violent quarrel,
and Paris who brought it on you all. Now we’ll fight –
and death to the one marked out for doom and death!
But the rest will part in peace, and soon, soon.
– Homer
The Iliad, Book 3, lines 119-124. Menelaus agrees to fight Paris in a duel in order to end the war. He agrees that if he wins he can bring his stolen wife Helen home, while if Paris is victor he may keep Helen and no more soldiers will be killed over Helen.