Family
The family of Helen of Troy
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
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The family as a list · 34
Kinship in an account 3
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
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What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a marriage · a shared religious affiliation
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child of (child) Leda daughter of Thestius in Greek mythology -
child of (father) Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods - parent of (child) Aethiolas son of Menelaus and Helen of Troy
- parent of (child) Aganus son of Paris and Helen of Troy
- parent of (child) Bunicus son of Paris and Helen of Troy
- parent of (child) Corythus son of Menelaus and Helen of Troy
- parent of (child) Euphorion figure of Greek mythology; son of Achilles
- parent of (child) Helena daughter of Paris and Helen of Troy
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parent of (mother) Hermione daughter of Menelaus and Helen of Troy - parent of (child) Idaeus mythical son of Paris and Helen
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parent of (mother) Iphigenia daughter of Agamemnon in Greek mythology - parent of (child) Morraphius son of Menelaus and Helen of Troy
- parent of (child) Nicostratus son of Menelaus and Helen of Troy
- parent of (child) Pleisthenes son of Menelaus and Helen
- parent of (child) Thronius son of Menelaus and Helen of Troy
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partner of Achilles Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War - partner of Corythus mythical son of Paris and Oenone
- partner of Enarephoros mythical son of Hippocoon, Sparta
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partner of Idas son of Aphareus, husband of Marpessa, argonaut in Greek mythology - partner of Lynceus mythical brother of Ida, son of Aphareus
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partner of Paris mythological son of Priam, king of Troy - partner of Theoclymenus mythological king of Egypt, son of Proteus
- sibling of Castor Greek mythical figure, brother of Pollux
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sibling of Clytemnestra daughter of Tyndareus in Greek mythology
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- sibling of Manes king of Maeonia
- sibling of Pollux Greek mythical figure, brother of Castor
- married to Achilles Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War
- married to Deiphobus mythical character, son of Priam of Troy
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married to Menelaus mythical king of Sparta, husband of Helen of Troy - married to Paris mythological son of Priam, king of Troy
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married to Theseus legendary king of Athens, son of Aegeus and Aethra; famous for slaying the Minotaur
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