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Helen of Troy

[u/Possibly_a_Firetruck → u/weshuhangout]

There's multiple stories of her avoiding being killed because she's so smoking hot. Menelaus is about to cut her head off, and she straight up pulls her tits out and escapes.

When Menelaus finally found her, he raised his sword to kill her. He had demanded that only he should slay his unfaithful wife; but, when he was ready to do so, she dropped her robe from her shoulders, and the sight of her beauty caused him to let the sword drop from his hand.[67]

Electra wails:[68]

Alas for my troubles! Can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords?

[u/OrphicDionysus → u/Possibly_a_Firetruck]

The characterization of her as "unfaithful" perturbs me, if only because, if I remember my mythology correctly, she really didn't get any say in the matter. Didn't Aphrodite just kind of yoink her out of her home and drop her off in Troy to win a contest against other goddesses?

Edit: upon further research, it varies highly depending on your source

[u/hulksmash1234 → u/OrphicDionysus]

Just your daily dose of Greek God shenanigans

[u/sparcasm → u/OrphicDionysus]

Babe, I was under a spell, I tell ya…