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Dec 8, 2022 · On the stage, Helen has inspired works from Richard Strauss’ opera The Egyptian Helen (1928) to Jacob M. Appel’s Helen of Sparta (2008). Helen has also enjoyed wide appeal in film and television. She is a central character in the 1956 film Helen of Troy, the 1971 film The Trojan Women (an adaptation of a tragedy by Euripides), the 2003 ...
Jul 12, 2023 · Menelaus, son of Atreus, was a Greek hero and king of Sparta. When his wife Helen ran off with the Trojan prince Paris, Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon raised an army and sailed to Troy to get her back. This marked the beginning of the Trojan War. Menelaus was a prominent leader during the Trojan War, though he was not typically described as ...
May 20, 2023 · Overview. Castor and Pollux (or Polydeuces)—also known as the Dioscuri—were heroic twin brothers from Sparta. They were both sons of Leda, the queen of Sparta, though they had different fathers: Castor’s father was Leda’s husband Tyndareus, while Pollux’s father was Zeus, the king of the gods. The Dioscuri participated in a number of ...
Sep 19, 2023 · Hermione was a Greek princess from Sparta, the daughter of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and the infamous Helen, who instigated the Trojan War. According to some accounts, Menelaus promised Hermione to Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles, as a reward for taking part in the sack of Troy. But their marriage was unhappy, and Hermione was eventually ...
Jul 31, 2023 · Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis, was one of the greatest heroes and warriors of Greek mythology. He was raised by the centaur Chiron and fought in the Trojan War, where he gained fame and glory. But this glory came at a cost, for Achilles was destined to die young. Achilles was instrumental in keeping the Trojans at bay during the decade ...
Jul 12, 2023 · Agamemnon was the son of Atreus, the king of Mycenae, and his wife Aerope. His brother was Menelaus, king of Sparta and husband of the infamous Helen. Atreus was embroiled in a lifelong rivalry with his own brother, Thyestes. Both men committed terrible atrocities against one another: in one myth, Thyestes slept with Atreus’ wife Aerope, and ...
Apr 28, 2023 · The group was headed by Helen’s husband, Menelaus, and the crafty Odysseus. This attempt at diplomacy did not go well. The Trojans refused to return Helen, and one of the Trojan elders even tried to have Menelaus and Odysseus assassinated. After making their escape, Menelaus and Odysseus reported the disappointing results to the rest of the ...
Aug 18, 2023 · Clytemnestra was a Greek queen and one of the most famous murderers of Greek mythology. As a daughter of the Spartan king Tyndareus and his wife Leda, her siblings included Helen (who incited the Trojan War) and the heroes known as the Dioscuri. Clytemnestra married Agamemnon, the powerful king of Mycenae, and bore him several children ...
He ceased; the menial fair that round her wait, At Helen’s beck prepare the room of state; Beneath an ample portico they spread The downy fleece to form the slumberous bed; And o’er soft palls of purple grain unfold Rich tapestry, stiff with interwoven gold: Then, through the illumined dome, to balmy rest The obsequious herald guides each princely guest; While to his regal bower the king ascends, And beauteous Helen on her lord attends.
Dec 8, 2022 · Penelope was a beautiful princess from Sparta, best known for marrying the hero Odysseus. The couple lived together in Odysseus’ small island kingdom of Ithaca, where they had a son named Telemachus. When Odysseus went to fight in the Trojan War, Penelope awaited his return for twenty years—the ten years of the war, and another ten as ...
