Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose
2. Why do you think that men competed to win the love of Helen of Troy?
"Leda and the swan"
"Leda and the swan"
Helen was above all really good looking, apparently drop dead gorgeous. She was the "face that launched a thousand ships". Men fought for ten years over her. There isn't too much we know about Helen, the Gods frequently used her as a pawn but her main asset was beauty.