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Helen (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, romanized: Helénē [a]), also known as Helen of Troy, [2] [3] Helen of Argos, 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.
The Trojans celebrate their victory, but are left unprepared for the Argives as they exit the horse and kill the Trojans. Priam is killed by Neoptolemos. Menelaos kills Deiphobos, who has married Helen after Paris' death. Troy is burned to the ground. The women of Troy are given to the heroes of the Argives.
The judgement of Paris earned him the ire of both Hera and Athena, and when Helen left her husband, Menelaus, the Spartan king, for Paris of Troy, Menelaus called upon all the kings and princes of Greece to wage war upon Troy. The Burning of Troy (1759–1762), oil painting by Johann Georg Trautmann
Helen was already married to King Menelaus of Sparta (a fact Aphrodite neglected to mention), so Paris had to raid Menelaus's house to steal Helen from him—according to some accounts, she fell in love with Paris and left willingly. The Spartans' expedition to retrieve Helen from Paris in Troy is the mythological basis of the Trojan War.
After her marriage to Tlepolemus and his subsequent exile due to the murder of Licymnius, Polyxo followed him to the island of Rhodes, where they had a son. [2] [3] But Tlepolemus had been one of the suitors of Helen of Troy, [4] so when Paris took her with him to Troy, Tlepolemus left to join the expendition that would bring Helen back to her husband Menelaus. [3]
In some versions, Cassandra intentionally left a chest behind in Troy, with a curse on whichever Greek opened it first. [26] Inside the chest was an image of Dionysus, made by Hephaestus and presented to the Trojans by Zeus. It was given to the Greek leader Eurypylus as a part of his share of the victory spoils of Troy. When he opened the chest ...
Antenor, who had earlier offered hospitality to the Achaean embassy that asked the return of Helen of Troy and had advocated so [1] was spared, along with his family by Menelaus and Odysseus. Aeneas took his father on his back and fled. He was left alone because of his piety. [2] The city was razed and the temples were destroyed.
This was Helen of Sparta, wife of the Greek king Menelaus. Paris accepted Aphrodite's bribe and awarded the apple to her, receiving Helen as well as the enmity of the Greeks and especially of Hera. The Greeks' expedition to retrieve Helen from Paris in Troy is the mythological basis of the Trojan War.