Helen of Troy

E24191

Trojan War figure character in Greek mythology mythological figure

Helen of Troy is a legendary figure from Greek mythology renowned as the most beautiful woman in the world, whose abduction by Paris sparked the Trojan War.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Helen of Troy canonical	49
Helen	6
Helen of Sparta	2
Queen of Sparta	2
Helen of Sparta (in some traditions)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156641 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Helen of Troy
Context triple: [Zeus, child, Helen of Troy]

A. Leda
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
B. Athena
Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and crafts, and the patron deity of the city of Athens.
C. Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
D. Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
E. Artemis
Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and childbirth, often depicted as a virgin huntress and protector of young women and animals.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Helen of Troy
Target entity description: Helen of Troy is a legendary figure from Greek mythology renowned as the most beautiful woman in the world, whose abduction by Paris sparked the Trojan War.

A. Leda
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
B. Athena
Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and crafts, and the patron deity of the city of Athens.
C. Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
D. Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
E. Artemis
Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and childbirth, often depicted as a virgin huntress and protector of young women and animals.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Trojan War figure ⓘ character in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
abductedBy	Paris ⓘ
abductedFrom	Sparta ⓘ
abductionMotif	elopement with Paris ⓘ
appearsIn	Cypria ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Iliad Little Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey Oresteia (indirectly) ⓘ
associatedEvent	Trojan War ⓘ
associatedWith	Sparta ⓘ Troy ⓘ
beautyComparedTo	goddesses ⓘ
causeOf	Trojan War ⓘ surface form: Trojan War (in myth)
child	Hermione ⓘ Megapenthes (mythological) ⓘ Nicostratus ⓘ Pleistrus ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
epithet	Helen ⓘ surface form: Helen of Sparta the most beautiful woman in the world ⓘ
father	Zeus ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Helen ⓘ
husband	Menelaus ⓘ
influenced	Western art ⓘ Western drama ⓘ Western literature ⓘ
lover	Paris ⓘ
maritalStatusBeforeAbduction	married to Menelaus ⓘ
mother	Leda ⓘ
mythicCycle	Trojan cycle ⓘ surface form: Trojan Cycle
mythologicalTradition	Greek mythology ⓘ
notableFor	extraordinary beauty ⓘ role in causing the Trojan War ⓘ
origin	Sparta ⓘ
portrayedAs	cause of the Trojan War ⓘ
sibling	Castor ⓘ Clytemnestra ⓘ Phoebe ⓘ Pollux ⓘ Timandra ⓘ
spouse	Menelaus ⓘ Paris ⓘ
symbolOf	destructive power of desire ⓘ idealized beauty ⓘ
title	Helen of Troy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Queen of Sparta

How these facts were elicited