Abduction of Helena. Sculptor: Johann Wilhelm Beyer. Helen of Troy was the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. Known for her great beauty, Helen was taken to Attica in her youth by Theseus, but was rescued by her brothers and taken back to Sparta, where she was courted by the greatest men in Greece. She chose Menelaus as her husband. When Paris was sent as an ambassador to Sparta by his father, he fell in love and eloped with Helen, which caused the Trojan War.
Lefebvre - La mort de Priam
The death of Priam. Priam is killed during the Sack of Troy by Achilles' son Neoptolemus (also known as Pyrrhus). Priam, in Greek mythology, was the last king of Troy. He succeeded his father, Laomedon, as king and extended Trojan control over the Hellespont. He married first Arisbe (a daughter of Merops the seer) and then Hecuba, and he had other wives and concubines.
‘ajax and cassandra’ (1886) - solomon joseph solomon
cassandra, sister of trojan hero hector, was given the gift of prophecy by apollo. however, she did not reciprocate the feelings that he had for her which resulted in the god turning his gift into a curse; cassandra could indeed see the future, but the twist was that nobody would believe her. for instance, she tried to warn her people that letting the trojan horse inside of their city would bring death and defeat, though of course her warning was ignored. when the greeks finally entered troy tha
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