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Sterling silver, 18k gold, hand-carved ivory from recycled piano keys, crazy-lace agate, Australian opal, labradorite, and freshwater pearls.
Price: $1,100
Helen of Troy is one of the most memorable women from myth and perhaps the most inspired character in all literature, ancient or modern. A ten year war raged over the beauty and simple power of this woman: the daughter from the union between Zeus, the father of all gods, and Leda, queen of Sparta. In Helen, the face that launched a thousand ships, the blood of royalty and immortality is mingled.
Born a princess of Sparta and soon widely famed for her stunning beauty, Helen's suitors numbered in the thousands. Every man in the city was most likely secretly in love with her, though her father soon married her to Menelaus, an older king with expansive grounds and power. It is to be imagined that Helen had little say in the matter, and when young Paris - blessed by the goddess Athena - arrived in the kingdom of Sparta, Helen realized her true destiny and eloped with Paris to Troy. Though sometimes maligned for being unfaithful, Helen was truly the opposite: her father denied her the choice of a husband, and so she bravely rebelled against a king and a country to win the right to choose her soulmate. Even after the consequences of her elopement became clear, Helen of Troy remained loyal to her heart and stayed at Paris' side until the end.
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