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HELEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
Synonyms:
Helen; Helen of Troy
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Context examples:
I was silent; Helen had calmed me; but in the tranquillity she imparted there was an alloy of inexpressible sadness.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
When you combine the ideas of whistles at night, the presence of a band of gipsies who are on intimate terms with this old doctor, the fact that we have every reason to believe that the doctor has an interest in preventing his stepdaughter’s marriage, the dying allusion to a band, and, finally, the fact that Miss Helen Stoner heard a metallic clang, which might have been caused by one of those metal bars that secured the shutters falling back into its place, I think that there is good ground to think that the mystery may be cleared along those lines.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Resting my head on Helen's shoulder, I put my arms round her waist; she drew me to her, and we reposed in silence.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Miss Temple told Helen Burns to be seated in a low arm-chair on one side of the hearth, and herself taking another, she called me to her side.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Helen sighed as her reverie fled, and getting up, obeyed the monitor without reply as without delay.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I was the first who spoke—Helen, why do you stay with a girl whom everybody believes to be a liar?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"And cross and cruel," I added; but Helen Burns would not admit my addition: she kept silence.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Helen was talking to herself now: she had forgotten I could not very well understand her—that I was ignorant, or nearly so, of the subject she discussed.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
But I feel this, Helen; I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Helen heard me patiently to the end: I expected she would then make a remark, but she said nothing.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
