What was the destiny of the royal family of troy and that helen?
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Helen of Troy, Greek Helene, in Greek legend, the most beautiful woman of Greece and the indirect cause of the Trojan War. She was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri. As a young girl, she was carried off by Theseus, but she was rescued by her brothers. She was also the sister of Clytemnestra, who married Agamemnon. 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, Helen married his brother Deiphobus, whom she betrayed to Menelaus once Troy was captured. Menelaus and Helen then returned to Sparta, where they lived happily until their deaths.
Benjamin West: Helen Brought to Paris
Benjamin West: Helen Brought to Paris
Helen Brought to Paris, oil on canvas by Benjamin West, 1776; in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. 143.3 × 198.3 cm.
Photograph by pohick2. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., Museum purchase, 1969.33
mythology. Greek. Hermes. (Roman Mercury)
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A Study of Greek and Roman Mythology
What animal did Androcles help by removing a thorn from its paw?
According to a variant of the story, Helen, in widowhood, was driven out by her stepsons and fled to Rhodes, where she was hanged by the Rhodian queen Polyxo in revenge for the death of her husband, Tlepolemus, in the Trojan War. The poet Stesichorus, however, related in his second version of her story that she and Paris were driven ashore on the coast of Egypt and that Helen was detained there by King Proteus. The Helen carried on to Troy was thus a phantom, and the real one was recovered by her husband from Egypt after the war. This version of the story was used by Euripides in his play Helen.
Explanation:
Helen of Troy, Greek Helene, in Greek legend, the most beautiful woman of Greece and the indirect cause of the Trojan War. She was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri. As a young girl, she was carried off by Theseus, but she was rescued by her brothers. She was also the sister of Clytemnestra, who married Agamemnon. 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, Helen married his brother Deiphobus, whom she betrayed to Menelaus once Troy was captured. Menelaus and Helen then returned to Sparta, where they lived happily until their deaths.
Benjamin West: Helen Brought to Paris
Benjamin West: Helen Brought to Paris
Helen Brought to Paris, oil on canvas by Benjamin West, 1776; in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. 143.3 × 198.3 cm.
Photograph by pohick2. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., Museum purchase, 1969.33
mythology. Greek. Hermes. (Roman Mercury)
BRITANNICA QUIZ
A Study of Greek and Roman Mythology
What animal did Androcles help by removing a thorn from its paw?
According to a variant of the story, Helen, in widowhood, was driven out by her stepsons and fled to Rhodes, where she was hanged by the Rhodian queen Polyxo in revenge for the death of her husband, Tlepolemus, in the Trojan War. The poet Stesichorus, however, related in his second version of her story that she and Paris were driven ashore on the coast of Egypt and that Helen was detained there by King Proteus. The Helen carried on to Troy was thus a phantom, and the real one was recovered by her husband from Egypt after the war. This version of the story was used by Euripides in his play Helen.