Um...sorry for your confusion, but Helen was *not from Troy.* She was Spartan: the daughter of the Aetolian princess Leda, (wife of the Spartan king Tyndareus) and (supposedly) Zeus. Homer says she was taken from her husband Menelaos's house to Troy by the very junior Trojan prince Paris.
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Feb 2, 2026 17:45When I wrote my Medusa reimagining, I made her Æthiopian, as her most ancient origins place her, and have her reference Perseus visiting Æthiopia (to meet Andromeda and fend off Poseidon’s attack). “Greek” stories should be way more and wildly diverse. The Mediterranean touches so many shores…
