Helen

…An unparalleled beauty in Greek legend. In English, Helen. She hatched from an egg laid by the Spartan queen Leda when Zeus approached her in the form of a swan. Her real mother is also said to be Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance. From among the many suitors from all over Greece, she chose Menelaus, the younger brother of Mycenae king Agamemnon, as her husband, and became queen of Sparta and gave birth to a daughter, Hermione. However, while her husband was away, she was seduced by the Trojan prince Paris and ran away from the mansion, which led to the Trojan War, during which Paris was shot dead by the archer Philoctetes. …

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…ギリシア伝説の絶世の美女。英語ではヘレンHelen。白鳥の姿で近づいたゼウスがスパルタ王妃レダに産ませた卵からかえった。実の母親は復讐の女神ネメシスともいう。ギリシア中から集まった多数の求婚者の中から，ミュケナイ王アガメムノンの弟メネラオスを夫に選んだ彼女は，スパルタ王妃となって1女ヘルミオネHermionēをもうけた。しかし夫の留守中，トロイアの王子パリスに誘惑されて館を出奔したため，トロイア戦争が起き，パリスはこの戦争で弓の名手フィロクテテスに射殺された。…

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