Helen

(hèlen.) (Heroic Hist.) The supposed daughter ofJupiterby Leda (or by Tyndarus,according to some), and the most beautiful woman of her time, was the ori gin al cause of the Trojan War. Sought in marriage by Ajax, Menelaus, Uly es, and others of the foremost Greek princes of the time, she chose Menelaus for her husband, and was soon afterward abducted by Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy. To avenge this outrage, her former suitors (with her husband) declared war against the native city of the aggre or. After the death of Paris, she is said to have married Deiphobus, and eventually to have become reunited to Menelaus. The circumstances attending her death are obscure, and have been variously stated. [s. 446]