Greek Reporter9d
Was Helen Really to Blame for the Trojan War – or Just a Scapegoat?
The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearly poses difficult questions—and has done so ever since the age of ...
The New York Times9d
The Desperate Housewife Whose Face Launched a Thousand Ships
Helen married King Menelaus of Sparta, then ran off with Paris from Troy, precipitating the 10-year Trojan War as a Greek alliance fought to get Helen back. In her first book of poems ...
Backstage7y
Trojan Women
Hecuba watches to learn of Helen's Fate. But Helen reveals that it is not her fault for all the woes that have befallen. Hecuba is to blame. Troy has fallen. Days after the battle is complete ...
BBC6y
Who was Helen of Troy?
Bettany Hughes is an historian, broadcaster, and author of Helen of Troy, Goddess ... the details of the story of Helen and Paris edge just a little bit further from fairy-tale and a little ...
BBC4y
Heroes of Troy: 2. The foolish and the brave
When Menelaus finds out that Paris and Helen have run off to Troy he doesn't hang around. He gathers the Greek leaders and they arrive in Troy to deliver an ultimatum to King Priam: return Helen ...