Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy seems to be the root of the Trojan wars according to Homer. But this woman who was supposedly the most beautiful woman in the world, doesn't seem like she existed in the real world. Because there is no historical written account of the Trojan wars its hard to absolutely say this woman did not exist. But looking to the story told by Homer her character seems to be extremely fictional. First she is said to be the most beautiful woman in the world which doesn't give her realism, instead it makes her sound symbolic or poetic. Second she is swept of her feet by a Trojan prince without much effort it seems, this doesn't seem likely because if she is supposedly the most beautiful woman in the world status seems important to her and she was already married to a king why would she seemingly without basis fall in love with a prince. With just these two points alone this woman definitely seems like the creation of someones imagination.