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An erudite, lively search for the real Helen of Troy–a chronicle combining historical inquiry and u0026 storytelling elan–from one of Britain’s most widely acclaimed historians. As soon as men began writing they made Helen of Troy their subject. For close to 3000 years she’s been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and u0026 a reminder of the terrible power beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek king Menelaus and u0026 the Trojan prince Paris, Helen was held responsible for enmity between East and u0026 West. For millennia she’s been viewed as an agent of extermination. But who was she? Helen exists in many guises: a matriarch from the Heroic Age who ruled over one of the most fertile areas of the Mycenaean world; Helen of Sparta, the focus of a cult that conflated the heroine with a pre-Greek fertility goddess; the home-wrecker of the Iliad; the bitch-whore of Greek tragedy; the pin-up of Romantic artists. Focusing on the “real” Helen–a flesh- and u0026-blood aristocrat from the Greek Bronze Age–Hughes reconstructs the life context of this prehistoric princess. Thru the eyes of a young Mycenaean woman, she examines the physical, historical and u0026 cultural traces that Helen has left on locations in Greece, N. Africa and u0026 Asia Minor. This book unpacks the facts and u0026 myths surrounding one of the most enigmatic and u0026 notorious figures of all time.IllustrationsText AcknowledgementsMapsTimelineDramatis PersonaeFamily TreesForeword and u0026 AcknowledgementsIntroductionCherchez la femmeAn evil destiny Helen-hunting Goddess, princess, whore1. Helen’s birth in pre-historyA dangerous landscapeA rape, a birthThe lost citadelThe MycenaeansThe pre-historic princess2. The land of beautiful womenThe rape of ‘fair Hellen’Sparte kalligynaikaTender-eyed girls 3. The world’s desireA trophy for heroes The kingmaker A royal wedding4. KourotrophosHermione A welcome burdenHelen, high priestessLa belle Helene 5. A lover’s gameThe golden apple Bearing gifts Alexander Helenam RapuitThe female of the species is more deadly than the male6. Eros and u0026 ErisHelen the whoreThe pain of AphroditeThe sea’s foaming lanes7. Troy beckonsEast is east and u0026 west is westThe fair Troad The topless towers of IliumThe golden houses of the eastA fleet sets sail8. Troy besiegedHelen, destroyer of citiesDeath’s dark cloud A beautiful death, Kalos ThanatosThe fall of Troy 9. Immortal HelenHome to Sparta The death of a queenThe age of heroes ends’Fragrant treasuries’ The daughter of the ocean10. The face that launched a thousand shipsHelen in AthensHelen lost and u0026 Helen foundHelen, Homer and u0026 the chances of survivalVeyn fablesHelen of Troy and u0026 the bad SamaritanPerpulchra, more than beautifulDancing with the devilHelen’s nemesisAppendicesThe Minotaur’s islandLa ParisienneWomen of stone and u0026 clay and u0026 bronzeElemental Helen, she-gods and u0026 she-devilsRoyal purple, the color of congealed bloodEpilogue: Myth, history and u0026 historiaAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex

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• Full Book Name: Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore
• Author Name: Bettany Hughes
• Book Genre: Ancient History, Biography, Greek Mythology, Historical, History, Mythology, Nonfiction
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• ISBN #: 9781400041787
• ASIN #: 1400041783
• Edition Language: English
• Date of Publication: June 2, 2005
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