helen meaning Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/helen-meaning Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Helen & Menelaus http://travelsfinders.com/helen-menelaus.html http://travelsfinders.com/helen-menelaus.html#respond Thu, 09 Nov 2017 23:51:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=244822 Helen’s childhood had been turbulent. Already her magnetic beauty had aroused such wild emotions that her mother was rumoured to be not Leda but Nemesis, goddess of vengeance, raped by Zeus at Rhamnous when both were in the guise of swans. Theseus, determined to possess an immortal wife, abducted Helen to Athens when she was only seven. Although the Dioscuri rescued her, when she reached marriageable age Tyndareus again realized the dangers inherent in her loveliness. Sparta was besieged by ardent, volatile admirers, the highest-born and most ambitious heroes, each offering rich gifts in exchange for Helen’s hand. So passionate

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