HELEN OF ARGOS.
Helen is the daughter of Zeus, and played a major role in the Trojan War. Her beauty is comparable to that of Aphrodite's. Many suitors wanted Helen, and this is how Odysseus and Penelope first meet. Odysseus is under control of the many suitors, making sure no life ended in bloodshed as Helen chose a suitor to marry. As a reward, he is able to marry Penelope.
QUOTES.
"In my heart of hearts I always cringed with fear some fraud might come, beguile me with his talk: the world is full of the sort, cunning ones who plot their dark ends. Remember Helen of Argos, Zeus's daughter - would she have sported so in a stranger's bed if she had dreamed that Achaea's son were doomed to fight and die to bring her home again?" (Book 23, 242-250)
