Notes taken ALL from book:
Bettany Hughes' Helen Of Troy, published by Pimlico 2006
Homer told the world what women like Helen could make men do
Helen is a captivating and troubling icon
A bedazzling, unfaithful queen, a duplictious homewrecker who causes decades of misery, she nonetheless remains unscathed: an inscrutable mix of self-will and suggestibility, intellect and instinct, frailty and power.
Helen is physically perfect and yet her perfection spawns disaster. She is clearly dangerous and still men cannot stop loving her.
The single most important female figure from this heroic age was the Spartan Queen "orea Eleni" 'beautiful Helen" Helen's story became a benchmark by which the world judged itself.
The first ever book that was published in the English Language was "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" - from this moment on Helen did not only inhabit the imagination but also the mass media.
Bettany Hughes' Helen Of Troy, published by Pimlico 2006
Homer told the world what women like Helen could make men do
Helen is a captivating and troubling icon
A bedazzling, unfaithful queen, a duplictious homewrecker who causes decades of misery, she nonetheless remains unscathed: an inscrutable mix of self-will and suggestibility, intellect and instinct, frailty and power.
Helen is physically perfect and yet her perfection spawns disaster. She is clearly dangerous and still men cannot stop loving her.
The single most important female figure from this heroic age was the Spartan Queen "orea Eleni" 'beautiful Helen" Helen's story became a benchmark by which the world judged itself.
The first ever book that was published in the English Language was "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" - from this moment on Helen did not only inhabit the imagination but also the mass media.
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