"refuge with Leda. The swan gained her affection, and the two mated. Leda then produced an egg, from which Helen emerged. The First Vatican Mythographer introduces the notion that two eggs came from the union: one containing Castor and Pollux; one with Helen and Clytemnestra. Nevertheless, the same author earlier states that Helen, Castor and Pollux were produced from a single egg. Pseudo-Apollodorus states that Leda had intercourse with both Zeus and Tyndareus the night she conceived Helen. On the other hand, in the ""Cypria"", part of the Epic Cycle, Helen was the daughter of Zeus and the goddess Nemesis."
"Helen (given name) Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek name , ""Helenē"" (dialectal variant: , ""Helena"") whose etymology is unknown; a derivation of the latter from , a variant form of , i.e. ""torch"", is considered ""rather uncertain"". Another possible derivation is from Greek ""Selene"", meaning 'moon'. Helen of Troy is a character in Greek mythology. The name was widely used by early Christians due to Saint Helena, the mother of the emperor Constantine I, who according to legend found a piece of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified when she traveled to"
"and controls all things, the savior of the whole world, and the guardian of mortals."" Helen of Troy was worshiped as a heroine in several parts of the ancient world during the early historical epoch. Euripides' play ""Helen"" depends on a tradition begun in the early 6th century B.C. by the Greek poet Stesichorus that Helen was the daughter of Zeus (who took the form of a swan) and Leda. But this might simply be a poetic way of saying that she was hatched from an egg. There are two versions of the birth of Oedipus. He was given a"
"of Helen of Troy, the author of the compilation of myth called ""Bibliotheke"" notes the possibility of Nemesis being the mother of Helen. Nemesis, to avoid Zeus, turns into a goose, but he turns into a swan and mates with her. Nemesis in her bird form lays an egg that is discovered in the marshes by a shepherd, who passes the egg to Leda. It is in this way that Leda comes to be the mother of Helen of Troy, as she kept the egg in a chest until it hatched. Rich-haired Nemesis gave birth to her [Helene (Helen)] when"
"Helen of Troy (painting) Helen of Troy is an 1898 painting by Evelyn De Morgan depicting Helen of Troy; it was commissioned by William Imrie of Liverpool. Compositionally, the painting is similar to De Morgan's ""Flora"" and ""Cassandra"": Helena is standing upright and tall, in a peaceful posture that reminds to Boticcelli's representations of Greek and Roman goddesses (such as Athena or Venus) that are, at the same time, an evocation of classical art, a usual characteristic between Renaissance artists. Helena has been removed from the common artistic elements of the Trojan War: despite dealing with a typically bellic topic,"
"a legendary Trojan king and father of Francus. Some mythographers alleged that Helenus married Neoptolemus's mother, Deidamia, as well as Andromache, in order to consolidate his claims on part of Neoptolemus' kingdom. Helenus prophesied Aeneas' founding of Rome when he and his followers stopped at Buthrotum, detailed by Virgil in ""Aeneid"" Book III. Helenus In Greek mythology, Helenus (; , ""Helenos"", ) was the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra. He was also called Scamandrios. According to legend, Cassandra, having been given the power of prophecy by Apollo, taught"
"and by him, mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and Castor and Pollux (also spelled ""Castor and Polydeuces""). Leda also had other daughters by Tyndareus: Timandra, Phoebe, and Philonoe. Leda was admired by Zeus, who seduced her in the guise of a swan. As a swan, Zeus fell into her arms for protection from a pursuing eagle. Their consummation, on the same night as Leda lay with her husband Tyndareus, resulted in two eggs from which hatched Helen (later known as the beautiful ""Helen of Troy""), Clytemnestra, and Castor and Pollux (also known as the Dioscuri). Which children are the"
"Hermione (mythology) In Greek mythology, Hermione (; ) was the only child of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Helen of Troy. Prior to the Trojan War, Hermione had been betrothed by Tyndareus, her grandfather, to Orestes, son of her father's brother, Agamemnon; she was just nine years old when Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, arrived to abduct her mother, Helen. During the war, Menelaus promised her to Achilles' son, Neoptolemus. and after the war ended, he sent Hermione away to the city of Phthia (the home of Peleus and Achilles), where Neoptolemus was staying. The two"
"Greeks. The origins of Helen's myth date back to the Mycenaean age. Her name first appears in the poems of Homer, but scholars assume that such myths derive from earlier Mycenaean Greek sources. Her mythological birthplace was Sparta of the Age of Heroes, which features prominently in the canon of Greek myth: in later ancient Greek memory, the Mycenaean Bronze Age became the age of the Greek heroes. The kings, queens, and heroes of the Trojan Cycle are often related to the gods, since divine origins gave stature to the Greeks' heroic ancestors. The fall of Troy came to represent"
"Ab ovo Ab ovo (Latin: ""from the beginning, the origin, the egg"") is a reference to one of the twin eggs from which Helen of Troy was born. The eggs were laid by Leda after mating with Zeus disguised as a swan. Had Leda not laid the egg, Helen would not have been born, so Paris could not have eloped with her, so there would have been no Trojan War. The English literary use of the phrase comes from Horace's ""Ars Poetica"", where he describes his ideal epic poet as one who ""does not begin the Trojan War from the"
"Helena (empress) Helena, or Saint Helena (Greek: Ἁγία Ἑλένη, ""Hagía Helénē"", ; – ), was an Empress of the Roman Empire, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. Born the lowest of commoners, possibly in Drepana, Bithynia in Asia Minor, she became the of the future Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus (reigned 293–306) and the mother of the future Emperor Constantine the Great (reigned 306–337). Helena ranks as an important figure in the history of Christianity and of the world due to her influence on her son. In her final years, she made a religious tour of Syria Palaestina and Jerusalem,"
"with her cousin Orestes. Hermione and Orestes were married, and she gave birth to his heir Tisamenus. The myths do not mention Hermione after that, though it is said that Orestes later married his half-sister Erigone, daughter of Clytemnestra and Aigisthus, who was Orestes' second cousin. Hermione (mythology) In Greek mythology, Hermione (; ) was the only child of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Helen of Troy. Prior to the Trojan War, Hermione had been betrothed by Tyndareus, her grandfather, to Orestes, son of her father's brother, Agamemnon; she was just nine years old when Paris, son of"
"her only son was to die if he fought in the war. She sought a place for him to avoid fighting in the Trojan War, disguising him as a woman in the court of Lycomedes, the king of Scyros. During that time, he had an affair with the princess, Deidamea, who then gave birth to Neoptolemos. Neoptolemos was originally called Pyrrhos, because his father had taken Pyrrha, the female version of that name, while disguised as a woman. The Greeks captured the Trojan seer, Helenos, and forced him to tell them under what conditions they could take Troy. Helenos revealed"
"""soup to nuts"". Thus ""ab ovo"" can also be used to mean a complete or entire thing. Ab ovo Ab ovo (Latin: ""from the beginning, the origin, the egg"") is a reference to one of the twin eggs from which Helen of Troy was born. The eggs were laid by Leda after mating with Zeus disguised as a swan. Had Leda not laid the egg, Helen would not have been born, so Paris could not have eloped with her, so there would have been no Trojan War. The English literary use of the phrase comes from Horace's ""Ars Poetica"", where"
"Helen of Troy (miniseries) Helen of Troy is a 2003 television miniseries based upon Homer's story of the Trojan War, as recounted in the epic poem, ""Iliad"". This TV miniseries also shares the name with a 1956 movie starring Stanley Baker. It stars Sienna Guillory as Helen, Matthew Marsden as Paris, Rufus Sewell as Agamemnon, James Callis as Menelaus, John Rhys-Davies as Priam, Maryam d'Abo as Hecuba, as well as Stellan Skarsgård as Theseus. The series was entirely shot on location in the islands of Malta. It begins with the birth of Paris, as well as Cassandra's prophecy that he"
"Helene (moon) Helene ( ; ) is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980 from ground-based observations at Pic du Midi Observatory, and was designated . In 1988 it was officially named after Helen of Troy, who was the granddaughter of Cronus (Saturn) in Greek mythology. Helene is also designated (12), which it was given in 1982, and Dione B, because it is co-orbital with Dione and located in its leading Lagrangian point (). It is one of four known trojan moons. Helene was initially observed from Earth in 1980, and ""Voyager"""
"gardening and the study of Italian art. Increasingly concerned about her finances, Helen finally left Italy for Switzerland in 1979 and died three years later with her son at her side. The third child and eldest daughter of Crown Prince Constantine of Greece and Princess Sophia of Prussia, Helen was born on 2 May 1896 in Athens during the reign of her grandfather, King George I. From birth, she received the nickname ""Sitta"" as her brother Alexander failed to correctly pronounce the English word ""sister"". Growing up, Helen developed a special affection for Alexander, only three years her senior. Helen"
"Helen. 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 Greeks' expedition to retrieve Helen from Paris in Troy is the mythological basis of the Trojan War. This triggered the war because Helen was famous for her beauty throughout Achaea (ancient Greece), and had many suitors of extraordinary ability. Therefore, following Odysseus's advice, her father Tyndareus made all suitors promise to defend Helen's marriage to the man"
"Tros (mythology) In Greek mythology, Tros (; , ) was the founder of Troy and the son of Erichthonius by Astyoche (daughter of the river god Simoeis) or of Ilus I, from whom he inherited the throne. Tros was the father of three sons: Ilus, Assaracus and Ganymede and lastly a daughter, Cleopatra. He is the eponym of Troy, also named ""Ilion"" for his son Ilus. Tros's wife was said to be Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander, or Acallaris, daughter of Eumedes. The following excerpts from Homer's ""Iliad"" recounts Tros' ancestors and descendants: The ancient author Apollodorus in"
"very young; whether her subsequent departure with Paris was an abduction or an elopement is ambiguous (probably deliberately so). The legends of Helen in Troy are contradictory: Homer depicts her as a wistful, even sorrowful figure, who came to regret her choice and wished to be reunited with Menelaus. Other accounts have a treacherous Helen who simulated Bacchic rites and rejoiced in the carnage she caused. Ultimately, Paris was killed in action, and in Homer's account Helen was reunited with Menelaus, though other versions of the legend recount her ascending to Olympus instead. A cult associated with her developed in"
"Troas is Hamaxitus, then Cebrenia, and then Troas itself, formerly called Antigonia, and now Alexandria, a Roman colony."" The name Cebrenia had mythological roots. Before Paris of Troy carried off Helen and started the Trojan War, he had been married to Oenone, a nymph whose father was the River Cebren, a tributary of the Scamander which gave its name to Cebrenia. When the 19th century astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli was compiling his maps of Mars, he used the name Cebrenia for a mostly featureless area in the northern hemisphere now known as the Cebrenia quadrangle. Cebrenia Cebrenia was an ancient country"
"was Iphiloche or Echemela. At the death of their father, Megapenthes and his brother or half-brother Nicostratus together seized the throne of Sparta and drove Helen out. They were depicted on the throne in Amyclae riding the same horse. Megapenthes of Sparta In Greek mythology, Megapenthes (; Ancient Greek: Μεγαπένθης ""Megapénthēs""), a Spartan prince and son of Menelaus, who ruled after his father's death and sent his mother (or step-mother) Helen into exile. In some legends, Helen was his mother; in most, however, he was Menelaus's son by a concubine, Pieris or Tereis, and was born during the Trojan War."
"Helen of Greece and Denmark Helen of Greece and Denmark (, ""Eleni""; ; 2 May 1896 – 28 November 1982), was a queen mother of Romania during the reign of her son King Michael (1940–1947). She was noted for her humanitarian efforts to save Romanian Jews during World War II, which led to her being awarded with the honorary title of ""Righteous Among the Nations"" in 1993. Daughter of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife Sophia of Prussia, Princess Helen spent her childhood in Greece, Great Britain and Germany. The outbreak of World War I and the overthrow"
"According to Pausanias, Polyxo killed Helen to avenge for her husband's death, though Polyaenus says that Menelaus had dressed up a servant in Helen's clothes and that the Rhodians killed her instead as Menelaus and Helen escaped. Tlepolemus In Greek mythology, Tlepolemus (; Ancient Greek: Τληπόλεμος ""Tlēpólemos"") was a son of Heracles and the leader of the Rhodian forces in the Trojan War. His mother was said to be Astyoche, daughter of Phylas, king of Ephyra, though some sources say that she was Astydameia, daughter of Amyntor or Ormenus. He fled to Rhodes after slaying Licymnius, Heracles' aged maternal uncle."
"the goddess Venus in the myth referred to as The Judgement of Paris. Helen of Troy was ""the face that launched a thousand ships"" such as the ""Nicean barks"" of the poem. Poe also refers to Helen as Psyche, a beautiful princess who became the lover of Cupid. Psyche represented the soul to ancient Greeks, and Poe is comparing Helen to the very soul of ""regions which are Holy Land"" meaning the soul of Greece from which so much of our ideals of beauty, democracy and learning sprang forth. In ancient Greek, the name Helen literally means ""sunlight; bright as"
"""Graikoi"" (). In Greek mythology, Hellen, the patriarch of Hellenes, was son of Deucalion (who ruled around Phthia) and Pyrrha, the only survivors after the great deluge. Hesiod is referring to Graecus son of Pandora, who was sister of Hellen. Alcman mentions that the mothers of ""Hellenes"" were ""Graikoi"". The German classical historian Georg Busolt (1850–1920) derives the name from ""Graikos"",""inhabitant of Graea, a town on the coast of Boeotia. The name ""Graea"" (γραῖα) is derived from Proto-Greek ""grau-j-"", ""old lady"". Homer, while reciting the Boeotian forces in the ""Iliad""'s Catalogue of Ships, provides the first known reference to a"
"Helen of Troy (film) Helen of Troy is a 1956 Warner Bros. WarnerColor epic film in CinemaScope, based on Homer's ""Iliad"" and ""Odyssey"". It was directed by Robert Wise, from a screenplay by Hugh Gray and John Twist, adapted by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Harry Stradling Sr. The film stars Rossana Podestà, Stanley Baker, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Jacques Sernas, with Niall MacGinnis, Maxwell Reed, Nora Swinburne, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Harry Andrews, Janette Scott, Ronald Lewis, Eduardo Ciannelli, Esmond Knight and a young Brigitte Bardot as"
"about which of Priam's surviving sons she should remarry: Helenus or Deiphobus, but she was given to the latter. During the fall of Troy, Helen's role is ambiguous. In Virgil's ""Aeneid"", Deiphobus gives an account of Helen's treacherous stance: when the Trojan Horse was admitted into the city, she feigned Bacchic rites, leading a chorus of Trojan women, and, holding a torch among them, she signaled to the Greeks from the city's central tower. In ""Odyssey"", however, Homer narrates a different story: Helen circled the Horse three times, and she imitated the voices of the Greek women left behind at"
"Theano Theano (; ) was the priestess of Athena in Troy. Theano was the daughter of the Thracian king Cisseus and Telecleia, wife of Antenor, and mother of many sons and a daughter Crino. The household of Antenor and Theano advocated peace and advised Helen's return to the Greeks. Because of their support (some say treason), the Greeks spared their household when they sacked the city. One story has Theano and Antenor sailing with Aeneas to Italy and founding the city of Padua. Another story is that she took the Palladium, an image of Athena that had fallen from the"
"to the Bronze Age. She regretfully goes along telling the team she wishes to stay away. After analyzing historical records of her impact on history, Zari Tomaz finds the best time to take her away from the fighting of her time and takes her to Themyscira. Helen reappears in the season three finale, ""The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly"" as an Amazon warrior, who assists the Legends in defeating the demon Mallus's army. In the 2018 TV miniseries """", Helen was portrayed by Bella Dayne. Helen of Troy In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy (, ""Helénē"", ), also known"
"of Helen, and Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. To Zeus yet again Electra bore Dardanus, the progenitor of the Trojan line, and Eetion, who was killed for sleeping with Demeter. Dardanus' sons were Erichthonius and Ilus. Hyrieus and Hyperes were Poseidon's children by Alcyone. Her section included the Ehoie of Hyrieus' daughter Antiope, who bore Amphion and Zethus to Zeus. Hyperes' daughter Arethusa slept with Poseidon and was changed to a spring in Euboea, but not before bearing Abas, the eponym of the Abantes. His line is traced down to Elephenor, leader of the Abantes in the Trojan War. Sterope"
"progeny of Tyndareus the mortal king, and which are of Zeus and thus half-immortal, is not consistent among accounts, nor is which child hatched from which egg. The split is almost always half mortal, half divine, although the pairings do not always reflect the children's heritage pairings. Castor and Pollux are sometimes both mortal, sometimes both divine. One consistent point is that if only one of them is immortal, it is Pollux. It is also always stated that Helen is the daughter of Zeus. In Homer's ""Iliad"", Helen looks down from the walls of Troy and wonders why she does"
"sky and supposedly provided Troy its protection, with her. In Book VI of the Iliad, with Hecuba and the Trojan women, Theano offered a gift and plea to Athena for the life of the city, but was rebuffed. Theano is also the name of three more (minor) figures in Greek and Roman mythology. Theano Theano (; ) was the priestess of Athena in Troy. Theano was the daughter of the Thracian king Cisseus and Telecleia, wife of Antenor, and mother of many sons and a daughter Crino. The household of Antenor and Theano advocated peace and advised Helen's return to"