Ἑλένη

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ὕπνος δεινὸν ἀνθρώποις κακόνsleep is a terrible evil for humans (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 1.523)

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French (Bailly abrégé)

ης (ἡ) :
Hélène, fille de Zeus et de Léda, femme de Ménélas.
Étymologie: DELG il est vain de chercher une étym.

English (Autenrieth)

Helen, the wife of Menelāus, daughter of Zeus and Leda, Il. 3.199, 426, and sister of Castor and Pollux, Il. 3.238. Often w. the epithet Ἀργείη, Il. 2.161, Od. 4.184; Il. 3.91, 121, Ω , Od. 4.12, 219, 279. Helen returned to her home in Sparta after the war, and in the Odyssey is seen living happily with Menelāus, δ, ο.