Helena Of Troy, Contest Entry for The Iliad and the Odyssey # 1
Helena of Troy was the most beautiful woman of the known world and the indirect cause of the Trojan War. She was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri.
Helen’s suitors,including Odysseus,came from all parts of Greece, and from among them she chose Menelaus, Agamemnon’s younger brother. During an absence of Menelaus, however, Helen fled to Troy with Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, an act that ultimately led to the Trojan War. When Paris was slain,once Troy was captured again,Menelaus and Helen were reunited and returned to Sparta, where they lived happily until their deaths.
Helena Of Troy, Contest Entry for The Iliad and the Odyssey # 1
Helena of Troy was the most beautiful woman of the known world and the indirect cause of the Trojan War. She was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri.
Helen’s suitors,including Odysseus,came from all parts of Greece, and from among them she chose Menelaus, Agamemnon’s younger brother. During an absence of Menelaus, however, Helen fled to Troy with Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, an act that ultimately led to the Trojan War. When Paris was slain,once Troy was captured again,Menelaus and Helen were reunited and returned to Sparta, where they lived happily until their deaths.