Helen of Troy
War-causing beauty
Helen of Troy was a figure from Greek mythology, said to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
Her abduction by (or elopement with) the Trojan prince Paris sparked the Trojan War.
The phrase a face that launched a thousand ships refers to her.
Helen of Troy now serves as a byword for dangerous beauty or a woman whose allure causes catastrophic consequences.
- HectorMasculine given name
- ParisFrance's chief city
- AchillesGreek hero, mortal heel
- AgamemnonMycenaean king, war leader
- TroyAncient Anatolian city
wooden horse · fall of Troy · Iliad · epic poem · thousand · Trojan War · Sparta · femme fatale · ships · fatal beauty · Pollux · beauty · divine beauty · Aphrodite · Cassandra · swan · betrayal · war
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- Ancient MythsGreek mythology, Greek myths, Ariadne, Greek gods, labyrinth
- Classical FiguresZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Hades
- Ancient WomenSappho, Cleopatra, Aspasia, Nefertiti, Boudicca
- Goethe DramaFaust, Stella, Pandora, Brother and Sister, Iphigenia
- Classical MythologyZeus, Apollo, Venus, Athena, Aphrodite
cause of conflict vs. cause of peace
Helen of Troypeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
Irene · reconciler · Pocahontas · diplomat · mediator