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As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject. Hesiod, a poet born around 700BC and one of the first named authors in history, called her 'the most beautiful woman in the world' and the description endured. Even though we have no contemporary representations of her, this Bronze Age princess is still seen as a paradigm of absolute beauty. Helen, '-whose beauty summoned Greece to arms, And drew a thousand ships to Tenedos' (Marlowe), has stood for three thousand years as a symbol of beauty and as a reminder of the terrible power beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek King Menelaus and the Hittite Prince Paris, Helen was held responsible for the enduring enmity between East and West. For three millennia she has been upheld as an exquisite agent of extermination. But who was she? She exists in many forms- the historical figure of the Bronze Age Spartan Queen who ruled over one of the most fertile areas of the Mycenaean world; the goddess subject of an eighth-century BC heroic cult which conflated Helen the person with a pre-Greek goddess; the mythological and literary home-wrecker figure of the Iliad; the icon and the first recorded sex-goProduct Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780224071772
eBay Product ID (ePID)91912416
Product Key Features
Book TitleHelen of Troy
AuthorBettany Hughes
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Weight960g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorBettany Hughes
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 24 Nov, 2021
A sublime biography.
Although an academic book, Helen is very accessible. The subject, Helen of Troy, still fascinates us even after 2.5 thousand years. Ms Hughes prose is eloquent, her research is thorough, and her story telling is second to none. This is a fine book which both compels the reader to read it to the exclusion of other books, but also to return to it once completed. It is an enthralling read, and a must for historians of the ancient world and readers of biographies.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 13 Apr, 2024
The real Helen of Troy!
The book is wonderful to read and the copy I bought is in very good condition. So pleased with it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
