Getting to Know Helen of Troy

Helen, who considered being the face that launched a thousand ships, is from Lacedaemon or Sparta in Greece. She is the daughter of Leda and Zeus, the King of Gods. She has four siblings namely, Clymnestra, Tymandra, Castor and Pollux. When Helen was old enough to marry, Tyndareus was besieged with offers from men of wealth and influence. Many men pursued Helen until Agamemnon wooed Helen for his brother Menelaus who was finally chosen to be her husband. The Greeks are plotting to invade Troy to steal the treasures of the Trojans. Meanwhile Prince Paris is assigned by his wise father King Priam and the King of Troy to travel to Sparta and shows the peaceful intentions of his people. Along his journey, he falls into the sea during a storm and is rescued on the shore by the Queen of Sparta, Helen. When he recovers, he believes that she is a slave and they fall in love with each other. When he arrives at the Spartan Palace, he is arrested by King Menelaus but Helen helps him to escape. Helen is in love with Paris, but it happened that she is already married to King Menelaus. With the help of Aphrodite, Paris abducted Helen. They travel together to Troy and give the excuse that the Greeks need to start a war and put Troy under seige for years. The Greeks are unsuccessful in their intents until they listened to the cunning Ulysses. The Greeks then with draw their one thousand ships from the Trojan waters and offer a wooden Horse of Troy as a gift to the winners. The Greeks or Achaians banded together to restore Helen to King Menelaus. Agamemnon, the King of Mycenae, was their general. Helen stayed in Troy until the end of the ensuing Trojan War. That is the reason why she is called Helen of Troy. But in the end, Helen joined King Menelaus as he go back to Greece and spent the rest of her life with him.

I imagined that Helen has a beautiful, long, blonde, wavy hair. Her eyes are dark brown with long eye lashes. Her nose is pointed and perfect for a beautiful lady. She has a thin, red lip. Her cheeks are rosy white. She has a perfect jawline. She has a pinkish and glowing skin. Her hands are very smooth and her fingers are long with squared nails. Her voice is as sweet and calm as the angel’s voice. And her actions are finesse and very simple, perfect for a lady called “the most beautiful woman in the world.”