Helen Of Troy: The Face That Launched One Thousand Ships
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One of the most complex and intriguing figures in Greek mythology. Helen was the daughter of Leda and Zeus, sister of Klytemnestra, Kastor and Pollux and wife of Menelaos. Before her marriage she was abducted by Theseus her abduction by Paris caused the Trojan War.
In the Iliad, 3 she is depicted ....
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.... and of Paris (and of Aphrodite), while the Trojan horse episode seems like an attempt to trick the Greeks and save the Trojans. After Homer the tradition becomes even more complicated. The 6th century poet Stesichoros was said to have been blinded for saying that Helen went to Troy and only recovered his sight when he wrote the following Palinode (recantation):
No, that story is not true
You did not sail in the well-decked ships
Nor did you reach the citadel of Troy....
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