Helen of Troy : goddess, princess, whore
(Book)

Book Cover
Status
Livonia Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
398.35 HUG
1 available

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Livonia Public Library - Adult Nonfiction398.35 HUGAvailable

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

Syndetics Unbound

More Details

Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 458 pages, [32] pages of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
UPC
9781400041787

Notes

General Note
Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-443) and index.
Description
For close to three thousand years, Helen of Troy has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek king Menelaus and the Trojan prince Paris, Helen was held responsible for an enduring enmity between East and West. But who was she? Helen exists in many guises: a matriarch from the Age of Heroes; the focus of a cult that conflated Helen the heroine with a pre-Greek fertility goddess; the home-wrecker of the Iliad; the bitch-whore of Greek tragedy; the pin-up of Romantic artists. Focusing on a flesh-and-blood aristocrat from the Greek Bronze Age, cultural and social historian Hughes reconstructs the context of her life. Through the eyes of a young Mycenaean princess, Hughes examines the physical, historical, and cultural traces that Helen has left on locations in Greece, North Africa, and Asia Minor.--From publisher description.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, B. (2005). Helen of Troy: goddess, princess, whore (1st American ed.). Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, Bettany. 2005. Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore. New York: Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, Bettany. Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore New York: Knopf, 2005.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, Bettany. Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore 1st American ed., Knopf, 2005.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.