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Flavia Julia Helena [a] (/ ˈ h ɛ l ə n ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē; c. AD 246/248 – 330), also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, [b] was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.
Helena Dragaš (Serbian: Јелена Драгаш, romanized: Jelena Dragaš; Greek: Ἑλένη Δραγάση, romanized: Helénē Dragásē; c. 1372 – 23 March 1450) was the Empress consort of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and the mother of the last two emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos.
Helen (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, romanized: Helénē [b]), also known as Helen of Troy, [2] [3] or Helen of Sparta, [4] and in Latin as Helena, [5] was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world.
Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek name Ἑλένη, Helenē (dialectal variants: Ἑλένα, Helena, Ἐλένα, Elena, Ϝελένα, Welena), which descends from Proto-Hellenic *Ηwelénā, from a pre-Hellenic or late Proto-Indo-European *Swelénā (a solar deity), ultimately derived from the Indo-European root *swel-(to shine, warm).
Clytemnestra (/ ˌ k l aɪ t ə m ˈ n ɛ s t r ə /, [1] UK also / k l aɪ t ə m ˈ n iː s t r ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα, romanized: Klutaimnḗstra, pronounced [klytai̯mnɛ̌ːstraː]), in Greek mythology, was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Sparta.
Marie McCourt’s daughter Helen was murdered in 1988 and her body was never found.
Veteran actress Liz Sheridan, best known for playing Jerry’s mother Helen on Seinfeld, has died at the age of 93, our sister site Deadline reports. Sheridan died overnight in her sleep of ...
The Historian was the first debut novel to land at number one on The New York Times bestseller list [5] in its first week on sale, and as of 2005 was the fastest-selling hardback debut novel in U.S. history. [29] The book sold more copies on its first day in print than The Da Vinci Code – 70,000 copies were sold in the first week alone.