Helen of Troy was not a real person recorded in history. She
is a Greek mythological character. Although Troy has been proven to have been a
real place in what is now Turkey, the woman, Helen: who’s face was described to
have “launched a thousand ships” has not been proven to have existed. The only
information we have of her is the Judgment of Paris when Aphrodite promises to
give Paris the most beautiful mortal woman in the world if he chose her as the
most fairest goddess and gave her the Golden Apple over Hera and Athena.
He was foolish and did so but the consequences had cost him the his country
and the lives of his father and elder brother, Hector. This was due to Helen
being married to the King of Sparta when she was given to Paris. The King of
Sparta, Menelaus, was the brother of King Agamemnon who had the power to
command the Greek armed forces against Troy. Athens is a part of Greece. Athena
is the goddess that the city is named after and worships. And Hera was the
protector of married women. Both Athena and Hera fought with the Greeks. Athena
is the goddess of strategic war and Hera is the source to the term, “Hell hath
no fury like a woman scorned.” Troy didn’t stand a chance.
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