Helen of Troy
In Greek mythology, Helen, also known as Helen of Troy (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē), was said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. The queen of Sparta, Helen was married to Menelaus, but later eloped with Prince Paris of Troy (most often depicted as being kidnapped) and taken to Troy, resulting in the Trojan War as the Achaeans set out to bring her back to Sparta. She was believed to be the daughter of Zeus and Leda, the wife of King Tyndareos of Sparta, and was the sister of twins Castor and Pollux, and Clytemnestra.
Helen Of Troy Media
Helen boards a ship for Troy, fresco from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii
Map of Homeric Greece; Menelaus and Helen reign over Laconia
Helen of Troy wearing a pileus
In this painting by Maarten van Heemskerck Helen, queen of the Greek city-state Sparta, is abducted by Paris, a prince of Troy in Asia Minor. The Walters Art Museum.
Meeting between Paris and Helen. Antique fresco in Pompeii, the House of the Golden Cupids
Other websites
- "Ancient Egyptian Mythology: The Greek Princess". egyptianmyths.net.
Media related to Helen at Wikimedia Commons