leer en español         'Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad' is a line often attributed to Sophocles’ Antigone.Perhaps a more appropriate version for Helen of Troy might be: 'Whom the gods would destroy they first make beautiful.' After all, her face, according to legend, launched a thousand ships.Helen was the daughter of Zeus, king of the gods, which was something of a head start in life. At the age of twelve, she was abducted by Theseus, a man twice her age. Rescued by her brothers, she eventually married Menelaus, king of Spart...