Eleni (Helen), Queen of Sparta and Paris, Prince of Troy - (Ελένη, Βασίλισσα της Σπάρτης και Πάρις, Πρίγκιπας της Τροίας)

Ancient Greece Series - 41

Paris, Prince of Troy and heir of King Priamus and Queen Hecuba, gives the apple to the goddess Aphrodite during the contest between Athena, Hera and Aphrodite. The goddess of love keeps her promise to give him the most beautiful woman in the world, none other than Eleni (Helen), Queen of Sparta and wife of King Menelaus. Paris and Eleni fall in love and elope, thus bringing on one of the most famous events in Greek mythology, poetry and theatre, the Trojan War.