Hesione
heroTrojan princess chained to a rock as sacrifice to a sea monster, rescued by Heracles, then given to Telamon as a war prize.
The Myth
She was chained to a rock like Andromeda — but her rescue started a war rather than ending one. Hesione was offered to Poseidon's sea monster to atone for her father Laomedon's treachery. Heracles saved her, but Laomedon refused the promised reward. When Heracles sacked Troy, he gave Hesione to his companion Telamon of Salamis. She bore Teucer, half-brother of Ajax the Great. Priam never forgave the Greeks for taking his sister — some sources say recovering Hesione was the original reason he sent Paris to Greece, where Paris instead took Helen. Hesione's abduction is the first link in the chain that leads to the Trojan War.
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Helen
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