In
Greek mythology,
Helen of Troy (
Greek Heléne, ), also known as
Helen of Sparta, was the daughter of
Zeus and
Leda, and was a sister of
Castor, Pollux, and
Clytemnestra. In Greek myths, she was considered the most beautiful woman in the world. By marriage she was Queen of Laconia, a province within Homeric Greece, the wife of King
Menelaus. Her abduction by
Paris, Prince of
Troy, brought about the
Trojan War. Elements of her putative biography come from classical authors such as
Aristophanes,
Cicero,
Euripides and
Homer (both
The Iliad and
The Odyssey).