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Bookmark or Share- Helen of Troy | Legend, Family, & Worship | BritannicaHelen of Troy, in Greek legend, the most beautiful woman of Greece. Her suitors came from all parts of Greece, and from among them she chose Menelaus, Agamemnon’s younger brother. Helen later fled to Troy with Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, an act that ultimately led to the Trojan War.
- Helen of Troy - Greek MythologyHelen Queen of Sparta Her marriage to Menelaus, king of Sparta, saw her ascend to the throne of the city as a queen.They had a daughter, Hermione, and three sons, Aethiolas, Maraphius and Pleisthenes.The marriage of Helen and Menelaus marked the beginning of the end for the age of heroes, which was Zeus' decision and was brought upon with the culmination of events to the Trojan War.
- To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe | Poetry FoundationBy Edgar Allan Poe. Helen, thy beauty is to me. Like those Nicéan barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore. To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home.
- Helen - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and PopularityThe name Helen is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "torch; shining light". Helen is a name that has connoted beauty since ancient times – Helen of Troy was the the mythological "face that launched a thousand ships," over whom the ten-year Trojan War was fought. The name Helen has moved in and out of favor over the centuries, often ...
- Helen Mirren - IMDbHelen Mirren. Actress: The Queen. Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat.
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