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=== Mates of Helen and Clytemnestra === | |||
"Agamemnon and Menelaus were sons of King Atreus. Agamemnon married the sister of Helen, Clytemnestra. | |||
The first likely mate of Helen was the Athenian hero Theseus who kidnapped Helen when she was still young. Later, the brother of Agamemnon, Menelaus, married Helen of Sparta. In this way, Menelaus and Agamemnon were not only brothers but brothers-in-law, just as Helen and Clytemnestra were not only (half) sisters, but sisters-in-law." (Gill, N.S., http://ancienthistory.about.com) | |||
=== Paris and Helen of Troy === | |||
Paris was the son of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba. "He was rejected at birth, and raised as a shepherd on Mt. Ida. While living the life of a shepherd, the three goddesses, Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena, appeared to him asking him to award the "fairest" of them the golden apple that Discord had promised one of them. Each goddess offered Paris a bribe, but the bribe offered by Aphrodite appealed to Paris most, so Paris awarded the apple to Aphrodite. Aphrodite had offered Paris the most beautiful woman as bride. This woman was Helen. Unfortunately, Helen was the bride of Menelaus." (Gill, N.S., http://ancienthistory.about.com) | |||
This all professed further as Paris visited the court of Menelaus in Sparta as a guest. There Paris encountered Helen and ran off with her back to Troy. Thus beginning the Trojan War. Helen of Sparta became Helen of Troy. (http://www.bullfinch.org) | |||
=== Trojans === | === Trojans === | ||