[PDF.49qd] Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation

Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation

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 | #2900869 in Books |  Blondell Ruby |  2015-11-01 |  2015-11-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.10 x.80 x9.20l,.0 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

 | Helen of Troy Beauty Myth Devastation

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||7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating!|By coffee and a donut|This is an amazing book. It examines how Greek authors represent Helen of Troy over time and across a range of genres, like epic, lyric poetry, tragedy, history, oratory, and philosophy. This is no small feat given how frequently Helen shows up in ancient literature and how ambivalent the Greeks are about "the most beautiful woman in the world|From Booklist|The mythic Helen of Troy, who, 2,500 years ago, set off a war that “launched a thousand ships,” need not be real, but the obsession with female beauty as blessing and curse surely is. Sch

Ancient Greek culture is pervaded by a profound ambivalence regarding female beauty. It is an awe-inspiring, supremely desirable gift from the gods, essential to the perpetuation of a man's name through reproduction; yet it also grants women terrifying power over men, posing a threat inseparable from its allure. The myth of Helen is the central site in which the ancient Greeks expressed and reworked their culture's anxieties about erotic desire. Despite the passage of th...

You easily download any file type for your device.Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation   |  Ruby Blondell. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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