12) Helenus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Helenus, (hel´ns) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, Trojan who was gifted with prophetic powers; son of Priam and Hecuba. When Helen was given to Deiphobus after the death...

13) Paris. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Paris A prince of Troy in classical mythology, whose abduction of the Greek queen Helen caused the Trojan War (see Helen of Troy and Judgment of Paris). Paris (or,...

14) Leda. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Greek Mythology A queen of Sparta and the mother, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Helen and Pollux and, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra....

15) Trojan War. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Greek Mythology The ten-year war waged against Troy by the Greeks, caused by the abduction of Helen by Paris and resulting in the burning and destruction of Troy....

16) Oenone. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Oenone, (eno´ne) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, nymph skilled in the art of healing. Paris loved her but later deserted her for Helen. Oenone, in revenge, sent their...

17) Trojan War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Trojan War, in Greek mythology, war between the Greeks and the people of Troy. The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus of...

18) Helen of Troy. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Helen of Troy In classical mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world, a daughter of Zeus by Leda. Her abduction by Paris led to the Trojan War. Helen s was...

19) Trojan War. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Trojan War In classical mythology, the great war fought between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greeks sailed to Troy in order to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful...

20) 63203. Walpole, Horace. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...p. 60, ed. Lars E. Troide, Yale University Press (1978). Originally written in 1787; in Greek mythology, the Judgment of Paris is the story of Paris's awarding the...