The stories featured in Greek out are original adaptations of classic Greek myths.

This week's story features Zeus's swan shenanigans, scary snakefacts,

dangerous love spells, lost princes, and two sets of twins.

Helen of Sparta

This is the story of a beautiful woman, arguably the most beautiful woman who has ever lived.

At the risk of revealing spoilers, I assume you are talking about Helen of Troy.

Yes, yes I am and while I appreciate your effort Oracle, Helen's reputation as being the most

beautiful woman of all time is indisputable. She was, as the saying goes, the face that launched

a thousand ships. According to book two of the Iliad, there were 1,186 ships that sailed to Troy.

Right, the face that launched 1,186 ships got it. Okay, but while many people have heard of Helen,

most people don't know anything about her besides her breathtaking beauty. Who was she really?

Where did she come from? What did she want? I know the answers to all of these questions.

Helen was born in Sparta. Oracle, those are actually rhetorical questions. I'm getting there.

Okay, now Helen's story begins on a rather unusual note. Her mother was a mortal woman named

Lida, a beautiful princess who married Tindarius, King of Sparta. Sparta is located in the

south eastern region of ancient Greece on the Peloponnese Peninsula. And while Lida loved Tindarius

dearly, she was also in love with someone else. Someone quite powerful. Someone pretty impressive,

someone who just happened to rule Mount Olympus. It was Zeus. Exactly. Now Zeus wasn't exactly a

freajian himself considering he was married to the goddess Hera, but that had never stopped him in

the past. He would sneak out to visit Lida disguised as a swan. When Hera finally found out about

this, she forbade Zeus from ever seeing Lida again. And of course, he had to agree. And it could

be said that he quickly forgot about Lida. But Lida didn't quickly forget about him. Because,

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