helen

In Greek mythology, Helen (in Greek, Ἑλένη – Helénē), better known as Helen of Sparta or Helen of Troy, was the aughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of King Menelaus of Sparta and sister of Castor, Polydeuces and Clytemnestra. Her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War. Helen was described by Christopher Marlowe as having "the face that launched a thousand ships."

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Poe wrote "To" her, "Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, thy naiad airs have brought me home..."
Some say this woman of Troy married Paris' brother Deiphobus after Paris' death
In Euripides' play about this famed beauty, it's her double who goes to Troy
Menelaus not only wanted this wife back, but the treasure Paris stole along with her
Paris & her
In Greek Myth this most beautiful woman was not so much born as hatched
Go to Ellen in the name books & you'll find it's a form of this name from Greek myth
She's the subject of the following:"Surely there is no blame on Trojans...if for long time they suffer hardship for a woman like this one - va va va voom!"
While looking for his father, Telemachus visits Spartan King Menelaus & this woman, his queen
Some say she was detained by King Proteus & that the woman taken to Troy was a phantom made to look like her
She eloped with Paris, becoming Hecuba's daughter-in-law
Originally, she was Menelaus' wife
If Paris hadn't run off with her, there wouldn't have been a Trojan War
Go to Ellen in the name books & you'll find it's a form of this name from Greek myth
Some say she was reunited with her husband Menelaus after the fall of Troy
After the Greeks captured the city of Troy, she was reunited with Menelaus
According to a play about her by Euripides, this woman did not spend the Trojan war at Troy but in Egypt
This woman of Troy shows up in several operas, including "Mefistofele"
Edgar Allan Poe described this daughter of Zeus & Leda as having "hyacinth hair" & a "classic face"

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