Yet, for all her jaw-dropping beauty, Helen managed to avoid being spoiled or self-regarding. Besides skill at many of the arts in which women were encouraged in those days, she had a bright and lively sense of humor. She loved to play jokes on her family and friends, and was helped in this by a remarkable gift of mimicry. Many were the times she confused her mother by calling to her in her sister Clytemnestra’s voice. Many were the times she confounded her father by calling to him in her mother Leda’s voice. All who encountered Helen foretold a bright and wonderful future for her.
