Helen of Troy : beauty, myth, devastation / Ruby Blondell

Author:: Blondell, Ruby, 1954-
Published:: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Problem of Female Beauty -- 2.Helen, Daughter of Zeus -- 3.Disarming Beauty: The Iliad -- 4.Happily Ever After? The Odyssey -- 5.The Many Faces of Helen: Archaic Lyric -- 6.Behind the Scenes: The Oresteia -- 7.Spartan Woman and Spartan Goddess: Herodotus -- 8.Playing Defense: Gorgias's Encomium of Helen -- 9.Enter Helen: Euripides' Trojan Women -- 10.Most Beautiful and Best: Euripides' Helen -- 11.Helen MacGuffin: Isocrates.

Summary:

'Helen of Troy' engages with the ancient origins of the persistent anxiety about female beauty, focusing on this key figure from ancient Greek culture in a way that both extends our understanding of that culture and provides a useful perspective for reconsidering aspects of our own.

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ISBN:

9780199344956 (ebook)

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AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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