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	Helen, Greek Mythology Link.
		Helen was abducted by the seducer Paris and held in Troy, and for her sake a large army sailed against that city in order to have her restored to her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
		Of all four Helen and Polydeuces, being the children of Zeus, were immortal, but Castor 1 and Clytaemnestra, being those of King Tyndareus of Sparta, were mortal.
		When this had been agreed, Helen chose Menelaus as husband, and the latter inherited the throne of Sparta.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Helen.html (2821 words)

	Helen, Greek Mythology Link.
		Helen was abducted by the seducer Paris and held in Troy, and for her sake a large army sailed against that city in order to have her restored to her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
		Yet it is also told that Odysseus' son Telemachus, while still looking for his father, visited Helen and Menelaus in Sparta to see if he could get some news about him, and at that time it looked like the king and queen of Sparta led a pleasant life in their city.
		Of all four Helen and Polydeuces, being the children of Zeus, were immortal, but Castor 1 and Clytaemnestra, being those of King Tyndareus of Sparta, were mortal.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Helen.html (2795 words)

	Helen
		Helen was the daughter of Leda, queen of Sparta, and Zeus.
		Once Helen was returned to Sparta, she attracted an impressive array of suitors - including Odysseus, son of Laertes, Diomedes, son of Tydeus, Protesilaus, son of Iphiclus, Patroclus, son of Menoetius, and Ajax, son of Telamon.
		When Helen was still very young, Theseus, king of Athens, and Pirithous, king of Larissa, kidnapped her because they wanted, before they died, to make love to a daughter of Zeus (Bell, 224).
	www.stanford.edu /~plomio/helen.html (1169 words)

	Helen
		Once Helen was returned to Sparta, she attracted an impressive array of suitors - including Odysseus, son of Laertes, Diomedes, son of Tydeus, Protesilaus, son of Iphiclus, Patroclus, son of Menoetius, and Ajax, son of Telamon.
		Helen was the daughter of Leda, queen of Sparta, and Zeus.
		Instead, the Helen who went to Troy was an illusion made of cloud by Hera, who was angry that Paris did not name her the most fair.
	www.stanford.edu /~plomio/helen.html (1169 words)

	Helen of Troy
		All three of the beauties, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite offered bribes to Paris, but he chose Aphrodite along with her bribe to help him win the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta.
		Supposedly, Helen was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri.
		Paris seduces Helen and, during an absence of her husband Menelaus, Helen fled to Troy with Paris.
	members.aol.com /snuffy1186/helntroy.html (344 words)

	HELEN MORGAN, SPARTA, New Jersey Public Schools and Teen Help
		This record is for HELEN MORGAN in SPARTA, NJ.
		HELEN MORGAN, SPARTA, New Jersey Public Schools and Teen Help
		High school, middle school, and elementrary school data is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.
	www.schoolbug.org /school-341551005400.html (75 words)

	Aphrodite
		This was Helen of Sparta, who became infamous as Helen of Troy when Paris subsequently eloped with her.
		Given the manner in which the militaristic Spartans raised their girls, it is not surprising that they conceived of a female goddess in military attire.
		The ancient travel writer Pausanias describes a number of statues of Aphrodite dressed for battle, many of them in Sparta.
	www.mythweb.com /gods/Aphrodite.html (1027 words)

	Helen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta.
		Helen (Ἑλένη) was the wife of Menelaus and reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
		1212 BC- Tyndareus marries Helen to Menelaus of Mycenae.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helen (1560 words)

	Sparta, Greek Mythology Link.
		Menelaus and Helen reigned as king and queen of Sparta when the Trojan Paris came for a visit, and violating all rules of hospitality, abducted his host's wife and took her to Troy.
		Orestes 2 also succeeded to the throne of Sparta, for the Lacedaemonians considered his claim to the throne prior to that of Nicostratus and Megapenthes 1, these being sons of Menelaus by one or perhaps two slave women, whereas Orestes 2 was the son of one of the daughters of King Tyndareus.
		This Oeonus, son of Licymnius, had once visited Sparta with Heracles 1, and was killed by the sons of Hippocoon 2, for having himself killed their dog that had attacked him.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Sparta.html (1511 words)

	KOp.html
		Whenever Helen is present in the story, she displays self consciousness about the scandal of her behavior, in leaving her husband for a foreigner and causing the war at Troy.
		Helen is not only treated as the cause of the Trojan war, but she is also a helpless captive.
		In one scene, Clytemnestra says to her daughter, Electra, that it was Helen's lust that caused the Greek men to sail to Troy, and inadvertently caused the death of her daughter.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /classes/KOp.html (2864 words)

	Sparta
		Sparta, also called Lacedæmon, was the capital of the province of Laconia in southern Peloponnese and one of the leading cities of Greece.
		In the Homeric world, Laconia was the kingdom of Menelaus, brother of Agamemnon (himself king of Argos, or of Mycenæ) and husband of Helen.
		But it would be wrong to see in Plato a blind admirer of Sparta and its constitution.
	plato-dialogues.org /tools/loc/sparta.htm (975 words)

	Helen.html
		Twin sons of Zeus: i.e., Castor and Pollux, the brothers of Helen and Clytemnestra.
		When Paris kidnapped Helen he presumably would have had to sail from Sparta down the Eurotas river.
		Helenus: prophet of Apollo; the son of Priam and Hecabe; according to one tradition, after the death of Paris, Helenus and Deiphobus quarrelled for the right to marry Helen.
	www3.baylor.edu /~John_Thorburn/Helen.html (1736 words)

	Helen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soon Menestheus of Athens and other kings and princes gather at Sparta as Helen's suitors.
		Helen was the wife of Menelaus and reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world, and her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
		For other meanings of the word see Helen (disambiguation).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helen (1736 words)

	Helen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta.
		Helen Ἑλένη was the wife of Menelaus and reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world, and her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
		In other versions, Helen is a daughter of Nemesis, the goddess who personified the disaster that awaited those suffering from the pride of hubris.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helen (1736 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Hayes Helen
		Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in Greece, daughter of the god Zeus and of Leda, wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta.
		Hayes, Helen (1900-1993), American actress, often called the first lady of the American theatre.
		She was born Helen Hayes Brown in Washington, D.C....
	au.encarta.msn.com /Hayes_Helen.html (94 words)

	United Press International: New play tweaks Helen of Troy legend
		As the curtain rises, Helen has been holed up in modern Cairo hotel room for 17 years, unaware of the outcome of the Trojan War or that Menelaus has been shipwrecked on his way to rescue her and take her back to Sparta.
		"Helen," currently playing at the Public Theater, breaks with the Homeric legend that Helen was at Troy with her abductor, Paris, while the Greeks besieged the city to get her back for her husband, Menelaus, the Spartan king.
		To watch Seldes slither about the stage using the studied arm and hand poses so familiar in ancient Egyptian art, toadying to Helen's every whim while making fun of her with her beady eyes and disapproving mouth, is worth the price of admission to this show.
	www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=03052002-034157-2384r (94 words)

	KOp.html
		Helen schemes with Menalaus, and using her charm and cleverness, she outwits Theokymeinos who wants to marry her, and the two lovers make it safely home to Sparta.
		In his early plays on the Trojan theme he insists that Helen was the villain of the Trojan war.
		Alkaios blames Helen for violating her sole role in Greek society, which is to be responsible for the domestic sphere of life.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /classes/KOp.html (94 words)

	TV Guide April 12-18 2003 Helen Of Troy
		When Helen's brother Pollux (Craig Kelly) tries to rescue her, both he and Theseus end up dead and Helen returns home, where she is forced to marry the powerful Menelaus, king of Sparta (James Callis).
		Guillory landed the role thanks in part to one of her previous films, which Helen executive producer Adam Shapiro happened to see on a flight from Los Angeles to London.
		A sprawling two-part series complete with grand battle scenes and a time- less love story, Helen of Troy chronicles the amazing journey of Zeus's illegitimate daughter.
	www.geocities.com /archive2r/HelenOfTroy/helen2.html (885 words)

	Sparta
		Sparta, also called Lacedæmon, was the capital of the province of Laconia in southern Peloponnese and one of the leading cities of Greece.
		In the Homeric world, Laconia was the kingdom of Menelaus, brother of Agamemnon (himself king of Argos, or of Mycenæ) and husband of Helen.
		But it would be wrong to see in Plato a blind admirer of Sparta and its constitution.
	plato-dialogues.org /tools/loc/sparta.htm (975 words)

	Helen
		Helen had cults in Sparta and elsewhere and is considered by some scholars to be a “faded” goddess—perhaps an ancient fertility goddess—who became a mortal woman.
		Helene - Helene, in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn.
		Helen Baxendale: Motherhood not Hollywood; She was destined for Tinseltown, but Helen Baxendale decided that having baby Nell and putting her career on hold for six months was more important, as she tells CHRIS HUGHES.(Features) (The Mirror (London, England))
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0823239.html (576 words)

	Sparta, Greek Mythology Link.
		Menelaus and Helen reigned as king and queen of Sparta when the Trojan Paris came for a visit, and violating all rules of hospitality, abducted his host's wife and took her to Troy.
		Orestes 2 also succeeded to the throne of Sparta, for the Lacedaemonians considered his claim to the throne prior to that of Nicostratus and Megapenthes 1, these being sons of Menelaus by one or perhaps two slave women, whereas Orestes 2 was the son of one of the daughters of King Tyndareus.
		The first Laconian king was Lelex 2, a "son of the soil" [see AUTOCHTHONOUS] or, as others say, a son of Poseidon and Libya, that is a descendant of Io, since Libya is daughter of Epaphus 1, king of Egypt and son of Zeus and Io.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Sparta.html (1511 words)

	Sparta Township, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sparta Township operates Alpine School and Helen Morgan School for grades K-4, Mohawk Avenue School for grade 5, Sparta Middle School for grades 6-8 and Sparta High School.
		Sparta is home to both a highly regarded public school system as well as a parochial Catholic school system.
		Sparta Township is a township located in Sussex County, New Jersey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sparta,_New_Jersey (449 words)

	Dragon's Hoard - Helen of Troy
		Helen is linked elsewhere to Plane trees, and a festival at Sparta called the Helenia, believed to be celebrated in spring or early summer, had young girls hanging garlands on her holy tree.
		Helen is of course later abducted by Paris, and subsequently has her name linked with a variety of men - again perhaps just a variation, or repetition, of a theme.
		I think we can realistically regard Helen as a divine figure, and although the nature of her divinity may have altered over the centuries, she was worshipped and believed in as a divine power.
	whitedragon.org.uk /articles/troy.htm (5805 words)

	Helen of Troy
		This he did with some anxiety because Herophile foretold in her oracles that Helen would be brought up in Sparta to be the ruin of Asia and of Europe, and that for her sake the Greeks would capture Troy.
		Helen could be the symbol of such materialism because her beauty caused her to be possessed, but that possesion never made her happy, nor did it make the possessor happy.
		Helen's father had forseen difficulties as a result of Helen's beauty so he made all her suitors support the one who was victorious.
	www.fjkluth.com /helen.html (9167 words)

	Helen of Troy
		Helen was the daughter of Zeus (the most powerful of all Greek gods) and Leda, wife of Spartan King Tyndareus.
		Due to her beauty, Helen could easily marry into royalty, and thus wed Menelaus, King of Sparta.
		Helen’s unfaithfulness to her husband caused the Greeks to question the morals and scruples of Trojan leader Paris; Lewinsky’s affair with President Clinton caused people everywhere to consider the state of ethical standards in American leadership and society.
	www.midthun.net /helenof.htm (654 words)

	Helen Morgan School Principal's Office
		Although I have only been in Sparta at Helen Morgan School for a few weeks now, it already feels like “home.” I hope your children have the same sentiment.
		And thanks to the entire staff at Helen Morgan, we are off to a smooth start.
		I continue to look forward to meeting many new members of our Helen Morgan community.
	www.sparta.org /6204901117102033/site (175 words)

	helena de troy and other helena related information
		About Helen of Troy Robert E. Bell H elen of Sparta was perhaps the most inspired character in all...
		Helen of Troy Biography Helena Bonham Carter Biography Hilary Duff Biography Howard Stern Biography -J-...
		multimedia work about Helen of Troy on mark(s)zine (click to enter projects page, and again for HELENA) corcoran@anglistik.uni-muenchen.de turp girl turpgirl turp girl turpgirl turp girl turpgirl turp...
	www.nethorde.com /helena/helena-de-troy.html (332 words)

	Sparta - History for Kids!
		The biggest change in Sparta's history, though, came around 700 BC, when they seem to have conquered a group of people living near them, in Messenia.
		It was already there in the Late Bronze Age, and appears in Homer's Odyssey as the kingdom of Menelaus and Helen.
		In the early Archaic period, around 900 BC, Sparta began to grow again.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/greeks/government/spartans.htm (350 words)

	Bored of Studies - On Sparta
		With Sparta the best thing to do is do all the old questions and have a good look at some of hte more difficult ones - like the agriculture and so forth.
		Sparta is a really good society - its not difficult because the quesitons they ask are realy just hte ones they have done numerous times before.
		Were she met helen and then the baby became beautiful or something.
	www.boredofstudies.org /community/showthread.php?t=45210 (350 words)

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