Helen and the Greek: Astonishing Relation

People who know about Odysseus also know about Helen. Even people who don’t know about Odysseus also know Helen. Helen was the name of that lady who is said to have the face that launched a thousand ships.

Helen was the daughter of Zeus himself. It was for her that the mighty Trojan War is said to take place.

It is with her name that there are many great things of Greeks named after. I wonder whether the name was popular before Helen or because of Helen.

Whatever it is, the name Hellene starts during era of Trojan War It is been the name of a small but vigorous tribe, who made this word very popular along with them.

Do you know what the modern state of Greece is named after? It is Hellenic Republic. Similarly there are many situations where this name was used. Even the tectonic plate under Greece, Turkey and Italy is called as Hellenic plate. There is also a period named Hellenistic Greece, which was after the death of Alexander and before the takeover of Romans on Greece.