Helen

Elopes with Paris despite being married to Menelaus, causing the Trojan War.

Genealogy

Leda, Nemesis

Zeus

Leda (foster-mother), Leda (mother)

Aeacus, Aethlius, Aglaia, Amphion, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arcas, Ares, Argus, Artemis, Asopus, Ate, Athena, Atropus, Atymnius, Calliope, Castor, Clio, Clotho, Clytaemnestra, Corinthus, Dardanus, Dike, Dionysus, Eirene, Endymion, Epaphus, Erato, Eunomia, Euphrosyne, Euterpe, Hebe, Hellen, Hephaestus, Hercules, Hermes, Iasion, Ilithyia, Lacedaemon, Lachesis, Megarus, Melpomene, Minos, Pan, Pelasgus, Persephone, Perseus, Phylonoe, Pollux, Polymnia, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon, Targitaüs, Terpsichore, Thalia, Thalia, Timandra, Tityus, Urania, Zethus

Deiphobus, Menelaus

Hermione, Nicostratus

Places
  1. Aphidnae
  2. Athens
  3. Cyprus
  4. Egypt
  5. Elysian Fields
  6. Phoenicia
  7. Scaean Gate
  8. Sidon
  9. Sparta
  10. Troy
  11. Unknown
Events
  1. Theseus kidnaps Helen
  2. The Dioscuri, Lacedaemonians and Arcadians abduct Helen and Aethra
  3. Menelaus marries Helen
  4. Paris carries off Helen
  5. Hera sends a storm forcing Paris and Helen to stop at Sidon
  6. Paris visits Menelaus in Sparta
  7. Paris persuades Helen to run off with him
  8. Paris and Helen stop in Phoenicia
  9. Paris and Helen stop in Cyprus
  10. Paris and Helen stop in Troy
  11. Hermes carries Helen to Egypt and gives her to Proteus
  12. Paris comes to Troy with a cloud-Helen
  13. The Trojans refuse to return Helen to Menelaus and Odysseus
  14. The Greeks land at Troy
  15. Deiphobus marries Helen
  16. Odysseus steals the Palladium with Helen’s help
  17. Menelaus takes Helen to the Greek ships
  18. Menelaus discovers Helen at the court of Proteus
  19. Menelaus and Helen reside together in the Elysian Fields
  20. Castor and Pollux take Helen and Aethra
  21. Menelaus urges his men to fight
  22. Leda bears Pollux and Helen to Zeus and Castor and Clytaemnestra to Tyndareus
  23. A shepherd brings Nemesis’ egg to Leda
  24. Helen hatches from an egg
  25. Theseus brings Helen to Aphidnae
  26. When the Trojans refuse to return Helen, the Greeks prepare to attack Troy
  27. Helen tries to lure the Greeks out of the wooden Trojan Horse
  28. Iris tells Helen about the impending fight between Paris and Menelaus
  29. Helen watches the Greek and Trojan armies with the Trojan elders
  30. Helen identifies the Achaean champions for Priam
  31. Aphrodite asks Helen to visit Paris in his rooms
  32. Helen berates Aphrodite
  33. Aphrodite threatens to abandon Helen to her fate
  34. Helen and Paris fight about his escape from battle with Menelaus
  35. Paris seduces Helen
  36. Helen attempts to soothe Hector’s anger by admonishing herself and Paris
  37. Hector asks Helen to urge Paris to join the fight
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.7
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.8
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.9
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 11.1
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.6
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.23
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.15
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.16
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.1
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.2
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.3
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.4
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.5
  14. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.18
  15. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.28
  16. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.9
  17. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.13
  18. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.19
  19. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.22
  20. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.29
  21. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 160
  22. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 175
  23. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 355
  24. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 590
  25. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 39
  26. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 58
  27. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 85
  28. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 121
  29. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 139
  30. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 146
  31. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 171
  32. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 199
  33. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 228
  34. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 245
  35. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 267
  36. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 324
  37. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 383
  38. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 395
  39. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 418
  40. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 421
  41. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 456
  42. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 1
  43. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 154
  44. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 286
  45. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 312
  46. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 332
  47. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 342
  48. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 359
  49. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 344
  50. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 354
  51. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 398
  52. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 78
  53. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 135
  54. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 266
  55. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 334
  56. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 122
  57. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 368
  58. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 497
  59. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 754
  60. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 315
  61. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 99
  62. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 760
  63. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 33.7
  64. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 33.8
  65. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 35.1
  66. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 41.5
  67. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.3
  68. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.6
  69. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 32.7
  70. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 7.7
  71. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 12.6
  72. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.15
  73. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.9
  74. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.10
  75. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.11
  76. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.13
  77. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 20.9
  78. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 22.1
  79. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 24.10
  80. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 24.11
  81. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 16.9
  82. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 18.3
  83. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.2
  84. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.3
  85. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 16.5
  86. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 12.2
  87. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.4
  88. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.5
  89. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.7
  90. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.8
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