S6E2 - Troy: Helen of Sparta
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The Story of Helen, Castor and Clytemnestra
Helen's mother was a mortal woman named lida, who married tindari, king of sparta. Zeus wasn't exactly a free agent himself, in he was married to the goddess hera. But that it never stopped him from sneaking out to visit lida disguised as a swan. When hera found out about this, she forbade zeus from ever seeing lida again. Nine months later, Lida laid two giant eggs which hatched and produced two sets of twins: castor and clytemnestra, and polyduces and helen.
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