Helen

[ hel-uhn ]

noun
  1. Also called Helen of Troy .Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.

  2. a female given name.

Origin of Helen

1
<French Hélène<Latin Helena<Greek Helénē, of obscure origin, probably the name of a pre-Greek vegetation goddess; often linked by folk etymology with helénē, helánē torch, St. Elmo's fire, an unrelated word

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Helen

/ (ˈhɛlɪn) /


noun
  1. Greek myth the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose abduction by Paris from her husband Menelaus caused the Trojan War

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