She went to Paris on a legendary occasion (5)

I believe the answer is:

helen

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'she' is the definition.

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for helen that I've seen before include ""The face the launched 1,000 ships"" , "Woman abducted to Troy" , "Spartan beauty" , "Legendary beauty of Troy" , "Woman who launched a thousand ships?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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