Daughter of the King of Sparta, abducted as a child by Theseus, rescued by her brothers, married to the King of Sparta, then given as a bribe in a divine beauty contest.
Primaticcio
Janus, Hecate, the personification of Deceit, Cerberus guardian of the Underworld, and the Lernean Hydra.
Zeus, disguised as a gander, raped Nemesis, who laid Helen as an egg. She became step-sister of Castor and Polydeuces, and went on to be abducted by Paris as Aphrodite’s bribe.
A murky figure who is distinguished by being triple-bodied. Associated with crossroads, the moon and night, and sorcery.
Was she abducted, seduced, or seducer? Victim or whore? Ovid’s pair of letters between Helen and Paris raises questions which many artists have tried to tackle.
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