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| | Helen of Troy Encyclopedia Article @ Beheld.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | In Greek mythology, Helen (Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē), also known as Helen of Troy, was the daughter of Zeus and Leda and the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. |
 | | In others, she was portrayed as his unwilling captive in Troy, or as a cruel, selfish woman who brought disaster to everyone around her, and she hated him. |
 | | Helen then became one of the main characters in Wolfgang Petersen's epic movie, Troy, which starred Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana as Hector, Orlando Bloom as Paris, Peter O'Toole as Priam, Saffron Burrows, Brendon Gleeson as Menelaus, Julie Christie as Thetis, Sean Bean as Odysseus, Diane Kruger as Helen and Brian Cox as Agamemnon. |
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