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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Heracleidae, Kings of Corinth, Laconian mythology, Mythology of Macedonia (kingdom), Helen, Castor and Pollux, Sisyphus, Leda, Lysander, Patroclus, Astyanax, Laomedon, Hyllus, Aristodemus, Dymas, Telephus, Taras, Cresphontes, Eurypylus, Aegimius, Macaria, Temenus, Aristomachus, Thestius, Thessalus, Procles, Promachus, Eurysthenes, Pamphilus, Cleodaeus, Eumedes, Phyleus, Makedon, Hyacinth, Argead dynasty, Hippeis, Pseudanor, Dorus, Herakles' Children, Caranus, Thespius, Tlepolemus, Bacchiadae, Alcon, Agraeus, Alcaeus, Leucippus, Manto, Dion, Antimachus in Greek mythology, Hippotes, Thyia, Aletes, son of Hippotes, Perdiccas I of Macedon, Coenus, Myscellus, Phalanthus of Tarentum, Amyclas, Glaucus, Archelaus, Archemachus of Euboea, Emathus, Ctesippus, Patreus, Polycaon, Phylas, Bucolus, Eurotas, Messene, Echephron, Alexiares and Anicetus, Aleuas, Amathes, Canopus, Hellotia, Sparta, Antiochus, Polybus of Corinth, Polydorus, Cranae, Olynthus, Beres, Lacedaemon, Gauanes, Evaechme, Cleolaus, Pindus, Erythras, Harpalus. Excerpt: In Greek mythology, Helen (in Greek, - Helen ), known also as Helen of Troy (and earlier Helen of Sparta), was the daughter of Zeus and Leda (or Nemesis), daughter of King Tyndareus, wife of Menelaus and sister of Castor, Polydeuces and Clytemnestra. Her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War. The etymology of Helen's name has been a problem to scholars until the present. Georg Curtius related Helen ( ) to the moon (Selene ). Emile Boisacq considered from the noun meaning "torch." It has also been suggested that the of arose from an original, and thus the etymology of the name is connected with the root of Venus. Linda Lee Clader points out however that none of the above suggestions offers much satisfaction. If the name has an Indo-European etymology, it is p...
