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Helen

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlɪn/

Greek Mythology
Definition of Helen
  • the daughter of Zeus and Leda, born from an egg. In the Homeric poems she was the outstandingly beautiful wife of Menelaus, and her abduction by Paris (to whom she had been promised, as a bribe, by Aphrodite) led to the Trojan War.

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Definition of Helen in the US English dictionary