Ἑλένη
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
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.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ἑλένη: дор. Ἑλένα ἡ Елена (дочь Зевса и Леды, жена Менелая, ее похищение Парисом послужило, по преданию, поводом к Троянской войне) Hom., Hes., Pind., Trag. etc.
