◎引發特洛伊戰爭的海倫Helen(發音為{hel'-en})，是癡情女還是蕩婦？恐怕很難定論。但我可以確定的是，她的命運雖然被各種外力掌控，她還是有辦法使自己生存在那弱肉強食年代，由於一種近乎放棄自尊的生活方式，她活得比其他女性都好，恐怕不只是外觀之故，而是一種加上”無能”的美麗，那種男人習慣需要予取予求卻又非它莫可的魅力，適用於所有”自大的英雄”。

• 由於天生美色，海倫大約12歲未成年就被中年的忒修斯 Theseus與Ixion之子Larissa國王Pirithou擄掠，後者會得到Theseus幫助向尋找被地底冥神Hedes控制的春神波賽芬Persephone (Kore)當回報。忒修斯贏得美人，找了母親要扶養小女孩海倫等她長大，好與這宙斯的女兒結婚。最後海倫被異父同母的Polydeuces與Castor救回，並把Pirithou與Aethra當為海倫奴隸。
• Theseus何等人也？雅典王子，那跑到克里特Crete國王米諾斯的迷宮，宰殺克里特皇后和宙斯送的公牛生下的怪物，拐跑幫他殺死怪牛米諾陶的克里特公主阿麗安Ariadne，卻把沉睡中的她丟在納索斯Naxos島上的「混蛋英雄」，可見此人從年輕就品性不端。對男人胃口不大的阿麗安，在納索斯島哭呀哭地，「幸而」最後被情史不斷的酒神「接收」，大家都說這是幸福的結局。
• 酒神Dionysus又是誰？他與伊底帕斯王都是底比斯Thebes皇族。話說當年宙斯變成公牛引誘非尼基Phoenicia公主歐羅巴Europa，王子卡默斯Cadmus負責尋找妹妹，後來經Delphi神諭停止尋找，屠殺大蛇並建立底比斯城，成為底比斯城國王，伊底帕斯王的祖先。

誰知貪戀美色的宙斯又來引誘Cadmus女兒Semele，妒火熊熊的Hera叫唆已有身孕的Semele，要求宙斯以原形與她做愛[A1] 。宙斯無奈現出無比神的光芒真身，Semele無法承受而死亡，Hermes把腹中未足月胎兒取出縫在宙斯大腿內(史上第一個孕父喲！)，最後生下有名的酒神戴奧尼修斯Dionysus，由nymphs與satyrs在山林中養大。

最後酒神領著satyrs在和女信徒maenads[A2] 們 周游各處，回到底比斯城時，當時底比斯城國王潘塞斯Pentheus是戴奧尼修斯表弟，反對酒神瘋狂儀式，被女信徒們殘酷肢解（480B.C.)。Pentheus的王位傳給堂兄弟勞斯Liaus，也就是Oedipus之父。

許多介紹仍把海倫到特洛伊的經過，說成被Paris”綁架或誘拐(愛神背後作祟)海倫”，Iliad也提過她在特洛伊思念祖城與父母(p.67)，反而電影偏好與Paris兩情相閱的浪漫版本。另有一說，是Hermes奉宙斯命，讓Paris只與海倫的幻影談戀愛，真海倫被送去埃及﹔Euripides 則寫她的幻影由Hera造雲而成，其間她一直與 Proteus一起﹔也有人說她曾色誘Paris子Corythus，使其被父殺。

至於浪漫的巴黎花都PARIS，竟有人以為城名是因這位多情王子Paris。其實，巴黎市源自古蓋爾特Celtic tribe部落”Parisii”！ 而王子Paris雖然最後藉神諭射中Achilles的足跟，一般他的評價是”懦弱好色”，連Iliad中其兄Hector也如此罵他，並要他自行先與Menelaus決戰，以挽救特洛伊。這段故事於特洛伊電影作了很煽情的更動，英雄Hector要為弟弟的愚昧作必死先鋒，死後被Achilles蹂躪的屍體，為此在天上的阿波羅與宙斯對赫拉動之以理，在地上的老父Priam王在Hermes護航下哀求Achilles動之以情，而Achilles也說出難得有智慧的話──他扶起Priam，說”讓我們把憂愁儲存在心裏...冰冷的哭泣沒有什麼好處...神們給可憐的人分配命運，使他們一生悲傷，自己卻無憂無慮。”

戰後海倫的命運一直成謎，最多的說法是前夫Menelaus殺死Paris與海倫的兒子，押她回斯巴達，海上七年(寂寞難耐)間，Menelaus到家時已原諒先前一切，可見海倫的出道有多早，與Menelaus結婚十年生四個孩子，再經10年戰爭一次生產，加七年海上，都還風韻迷人，最後再添一女Hermione後，兩人終老一同升天──但教人不解的是她如何不恨Menelaus殺死她遇Paris之子？

還有壹說海倫最後被繼子放逐、或差點為殺母Clytemnestra情夫Aegisthus(Agamemnon父Atreus兄弟Theystes之子），為父Agamemnon報仇的兒子Orestes and Pylades[A11] 所殺，最後一刻神秘消失──都不是太悲慘的結局，這位”沒有個性的美女畢竟得到了善終”！

而一切Atreus家族的互殺悲劇，始於當年殺自己姪子煮給兄弟Theystes以報復兄弟引誘老婆的Atreus，受到自己兄弟Theystes咀咒，”家族代代互相殘殺”！

■特洛伊公主，Paris之守寡之姐姐Cassandra受到風度不佳求愛被拒的阿波羅詛咒，在特洛伊到處預言沒人信，戰敗後每個皇族女性都被分給希臘陣營當奴隸，Cassandra被希臘巨人Ajax強暴（圖2)，復被阿加曼儂擄走回到麥錫尼，結果雙雙被為女復仇的Clytemnestra殺在浴池中，真正是冤枉加八級！真正聰明有遠見又不被阿波羅這種色男神仙引誘的時代女性，落得如此下場，可知得罪男性小人之可怖！

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[A1]她先要宙斯賭咒聽從她的要求，再提出使宙斯無法拒絕。[A2]maenads (“raving women”), bacchae or bacchantes (“mad women”), or thyiads (“ecstatic women,” with a sexual connotation) [A3]希臘之阿緹蜜絲Artimis或羅馬之戴安娜Diana或埃及之Isis [A4]One version says that Helen was daughter of Nemesis, goddess of retribution, who in the form of a goose was ravished by Zeus in the form of swan. Nemesis laid a blue and silver egg, which somehow came into Leda's possession. When the egg hatched, Helen was born. Leda brought the girl up as her own daughter. / Helen was born from one of several golden eggs lay by Leda. This would make her, the sister of Polydeuces and half-sister of Castor and Clymnestra, whose father was Tyndareus (Tyndareus), king of Sparta. She was also half-sister of Timandra, Phlionoe (Phlione), and Phoebe. [A5]Twins, Castor and Polydeuces (Pollux) were the most famous Spartan heroes. Some recorded them both as sons of Tyndareus (Tyndareus) and Leda, daughter of Thestius, while others say that they were sons of Zeus. But most writers say that Castor with his sister Clytemnestra were Tyndareus' children, while Polydeuces and Helen were Zeus', by Leda. [A6]Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? / Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. / Her lips suck forth my soul: see, where it flies!/ Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. / Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips, / And all is dross that is not Helena. / I will be Paris, and for love of thee, / Instead of Troy, shall Wittenberg be sack'd; / And I will combat with weak Menelaus, / And wear thy colours on my plumed crest; / Yea, I will wound Achilles in the heel, / And then return to Helen for a kiss. / O, thou art fairer than the evening air / Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars; / Brighter art thou than flaming Jupiter / When he appear'd to hapless Semele; / More lovely than the monarch of the sky / In wanton Arethusa's azur'd arms; / And none but thou shalt be my paramour! [A8]Prince Paris from Troy, a Zarahite Prince had returned home to Troy with Helen the wife of Menelaus the King of the Danaan city of Sparta, in Greece. That began the 10 years of the Trojan Wars, when the King launched a thousand ships of Dan to attack Troy, to get his wife back. [A9]經德人謝里曼Heinrich Schliemann 1871-90之考據， Troy應在目前土耳其西北海岸愛琴海與達達尼爾海峽附近的Hisarlik；Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) A pioneer in field archaeology, the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann is best known for his excavations at ancient Troy and Mycenae. Schliemann was largely self-educated. Because his family was poor, he had to leave school at the age of 14 to earn a living. He continued studying on his own, however, showing an exceptional ability in mastering foreign languages. He soon began to exploit his remarkable aptitude for business dealings, which enabled him to amass a large fortune early in life and to retire at the age of 41. From then on, he devoted himself to archaeology. He began to dig at Troy, his most famous excavation, in 1870. Schliemann has been criticized for using methods that seem crude by comparison with the techniques of today. He also has been criticized for being a treasure hunter rather than an archeologist. The moment he found the so-called treasures of King Priam, he left the excavation with the treasures. According to some he deserves great credit, however, for creating methods where none had existed previously and for demonstrating that excavation can be more than a mere treasure hunt that it can, in fact, restore a knowledge of lost civilizations. [A10]Some say Helen was mother of Iphigeneia by Theseus, but Clytemnestra, Helen's half-sister, brought up Iphigeneia as her own. (Usually Iphigeneia was considered to be the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra). [A11]伊蕾特拉Electra與奧瑞斯Orestes特姐弟為父報仇的傳說，是現存唯一曾被古希臘三大悲劇作家作為題材的復仇故事，除了Aeschylus的《祭奠者（Libation Bearers）》以Trilogy演出，索佛克里斯和Euripides《伊蕾特拉》都只有單一劇本。是阿格曼儂Agamemnon之子奧瑞斯與好友Pylades與老師Paedagogus到亞格士Argos，為阿格曼儂復仇。伊蕾特拉因自己的遭遇悲傷、和妹妹母親爭執，聽到奧瑞斯特死訊後，則決定自己復仇。