Helen was the queen of Sparta, and wife of Menelaus. She was famous for her beauty. Paris left •GREECE or TROY
and went to
Sparta to bring Helen home with him. His siblings, Helenus and Cassandra, were •WIZARDS or SEERS
and warned him against this act.

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point