Helen of Troy - Beauty, Myth, Devastation

Zusatztext This book is a fine demonstration of the way in which textual accounts of a Greek legendary icon can be probed in depth to reveal nuances of cultural history that could easily be overlooked. Informationen zum Autor Ruby Blondell is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations Preface 1. The Problem of Female Beauty 2. Helen, Daughter of Zeus 3. Self-Blame and Self-Assertion: the Iliad 4. Happily Ever After? The Odyssey 5. Refractions of Homer's Helen: Archaic Lyric 6. Behind the Scenes: Aeschylus' Oresteia 7. Spartan Woman and Spartan Goddess: Herodotus 8. Playing Defense: Gorgias' Encomium of Helen 9. Enter Helen: Euripides' Trojan Women 10. Two-Faced Helen: the Helen of Euripides 11. Helen MacGuffin: Isocrates Epilogue Bibliographical Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Ruby Blondell, Blondell Ruby
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.06.2013
• EAN: 9780199731602
• ISBN: 978-0-19-973160-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Ancient, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory