A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 467
f all who are men-tioned in connection withthe siege of Troy. Hemade even Achilles look tohis laurels, and withal, wasa good son, husband, andfather. Helena (Helene).Daughter of Zeus (Jupiter)and Leda. Sister of Castorand Pollux. Exceedinglybeautiful. While youngwas carried away to Atticaby Theseus… … Hector, (^gina MarbleLS.) 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,…
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