Before learning the full truth, people often make quick assumptions that aren’t entirely true or accurate. One of the most beautiful daughters of Zeus, Helen of Troy, is frequently misjudged and thought of negatively for things she didn’t even do. Although many people strongly believe that Helen of Troy was a villain, her actions can be justified to prove her innocence. Helen is not a villain because Aphrodite had promised Paris that she would be his in order to receive a rare golden apple. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, is capable of controlling one’s thoughts regarding love making who Helen loved beyond her own control. Also, according to several sources, she wasn’t even the actual one that had an affair with Paris, for it was actually a ghost of some sort that was made to look like Helen. Already married to Menelaus at the time, Helen of Troy was manipulated into loving Paris. According to Thomas and Conant, the goddess of love, Aphrodite, promised Paris that she would make Helen of Troy his wife in order to win the golden apple, (113). Another source confirms it by …show more content…
In one version of the story, The real Helen of Troy was actually in Egypt during the period of the Trojan War (Parada and Förlag 2). It was described that after Helen was taken captive by Paris, Zeus had Hermes take Helen to Egypt and to replace her with a phantom made of cloud that resembled Helen, (“Greek Mythology” 1 and Parada and Förlag 2). Because of this ghost of some sort, Helen was never the one that “committed adultery with Paris”, (Joe 2), meaning that her loyalty to Menelaus remained in tact during the Trojan War. After Helen was sent to Egypt, Menelaus wasn’t informed immediately about the decision made by Zeus, (Parada and Förlag 2), so that is why the Trojan War still occurred. Technically, Helen of Troy was not “the face that launched a thousand ships” for it was actually a ghost made of