Jean's Thoughts
Helen... of Troy? Or So Much More?
Let's scratch the surface of Helen (of Troy), her story, who she was, what she wanted, and whether she really was 'the face who launched a thousand ships'...
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A bibliography for this video...
Ancient Texts:
Homer's Iliad: https://tidd.ly/3ARbpgF
Homer's Odyssey: https://tidd.ly/4gaJaK9
Virgil's Aeneid: https://tidd.ly/3Xz1Xrn
Plutarch's Lives: https://tidd.ly/3XhmJKw
Euripides' Trojan Women: https://tidd.ly/3ARbsJn
Euripides' Helen: https://tidd.ly/3Tj0Nh4
Pausanias Description of Greece: https://tidd.ly/47jF0f4
Modern Works:
The Penelopiad: https://tidd.ly/4dSgHqR
Helen of Troy: https://tidd.ly/3X8I9JQ
Helen's Judgement: https://tidd.ly/3XdB4rt
A Thousand Ships: https://tidd.ly/3XxzeD6
The Great God Pan: https://tidd.ly/4e7EW42
Helen of Troy from Hollywood to Homer: https://tidd.ly/4e2LG3g
The Spartans an Epic History: https://tidd.ly/3MzIpN9
My PhD Thesis: https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentTheses/the-politicisation-of-sexual-assault-in-fourth-century-athens
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