PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR HELEN

Achaean AH-KEE-AN Leda LEE-DAH Achilles AH-KILL-EES Leucippus LOW-KIPP-US Aeacus EYE-ACK-US Libya LIB-YA Aegean AH-JEE-AN Maia MY-AH Aerope AY-ROPE-EE Menelaus MEH-NUH-LAY-US aether EE-THER Merops MEH-ROPS Agamemnon A-GUH-MEM-NON Mycenaean MY-SEH-NEE-AN Ajax AY-JAKS Naiad NYE-AD Akte AK-TAY Nauplia NOW-PLEE-AH Alexandros AL-EX-AN-DROS Nauplius NOW-PLEE-US alleged AH-LEDGE-ED Neleus NEE-LEE-US ally AL-EYE Nereid NEE-REE-ID Aphrodite AF-RO-DIGH-TEE Nereus NEE-REE-US Apollo AH-POLL-OH Nile NILE Arcadian AR-KAY-DEE-AN Oenomaus OY-NOH-MOUSE Argives AR-GUYVZ Olympus O-LIM-PUS Argos AR-GOCE omen OH-men Athena AH-THEE-NAH Orion O-RYE-ON Atreus AY-TREE-US Paris PA-RIS boatswain BO-SON Peleus PEH-LEE-US Bromius BROH-MEE-US Pelops PEH-LOPS Calchas KAL-KASS Persephone PER-SEF-OH-NEE Callisto KAL-LISS-TOH Perseus PER-SEE-US Cassandra CAS-SAND-DRA Phoebus FEE-BUS Castor KASS-TER Phoenicia(n) FEH-NEE-SHA(N) cenotaph SEN-OH-TAFF Phrygia(n) FRIDGE-EE-A(N) consort KON-SORT Pisa PEACE-AH cornice KORN-ISS Pleiades PLEE-AH-DEES Cyprian SIP-REE-AN Plutus PLOO-TUS Cyprus SIGH-PRUSS Polydamna PO-LOO-DAM-NAH Dardanian DAR-DAY-NEE-AN Poseidon PO-SIGH-DON Dardanus DAR-DA-NUSS Priam PRY-AM deity DEE-IT-TEE prophecy(-ies) PROF-EH-SEE(S) Dione DEE-OH-NAY prophesied PROF-EH-SIDE Dioscuri DEE-AH-SKOO-REE Proteus PRO-TEE-US Eido AID-OH Psamathe PSAM-A-THAY Elaphos ELL-A-PHOCE recesses REE-SESS-EZ Elpis ELL-PIS Salamis SAL-A-MISS Enodia EH-NOH-DEE-AH Scamander SKA-MAN-DER Euboea YOO-BEE-AH Sidon SEE-DON Eurotas YOO-ROH-TASS Sparta SPAR-TAH Hades HAY-DEEZ suppliant SUP-PLEE-ANT Hera HEH-RAH supplicate SUP-PLI-KATE Hermes HER-MEEZ Telamon TELL-AH-MUN Hermione HER-MY-UH-NEE Teucer TOOCE-ER Hyacinthus HIGH-AH-SIN-THESS Theoclymenus THEE-OH-KLIM-IN-US Ida EYE-DUH Theonoë THEE-OH-NO-AY Ilion ILL-EE-ON Trojan TRO-JINN Lacedaemon LACK-AH-DYE-MON Tyndareos TIN-DAR-EE-US Laconian LACK-OH-NEE-AN Zeus ZOOS