Helen
Among the legends of ancient Greece, there is perhaps no story more compelling than that of Helen. Her surpassing beauty was said to have launched the Greek fleet of a thousand ships to Troy. No woman was so adored and so hated. She was seen as both prize and scapegoat, the promise of bliss and...
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Among the legends of ancient Greece, there is perhaps no story more compelling than that of Helen. Her surpassing beauty was said to have launched the Greek fleet of a thousand ships to Troy. No woman was so adored and so hated. She was seen as both prize and scapegoat, the promise of bliss and the assurance of doom.
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780195077100 (0195077105)
ASIN: 9780195077100
Publish date: 28-10-1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 83
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Literature,
Cultural,
Plays,
Drama,
Poetry,
Greece,
Ancient,
Tragedy,
Mythology,
Fiction
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