A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 466
of all who are men-tioned in connection withthe siege of Troy. Hemade even Achilles look tohis laurels, and withal wasa good son, husband, andfather. HeFena (Helen6).Daughter of Zeus (Jupiter)and Leda. Sister of Castorand Pollux. Exceedinglybeautiful. While youngwas carried away to Atticaby Theseus… … Hector, (^gina Marbles.) she was sought in marriage by all the noblest Greeks, she choseMenelaus, and by him became the mother of Hermione. She wasthen seduced, and carried away by Paris. The Greeks who hadbeen her suitors resolved to avenge this, and sailed against Troy.This war lasted ten years,…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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