Among the artworks found, one that stands out is a picture of Helen of Troy, who is considered the goddess of beauty in Greek ...
Bettany Hughes is an historian, broadcaster, and author of Helen of Troy, Goddess, Princess, Whore (Pimlico 2013). Here, she writes about the myth of Helen as explored through the ages ...
The paintings depicted the Helen of Troy among other Greek figures ... king and queen of Troy. In Greek mythology, she has the gift of seeing the future but is cursed by the god Apollo to be ...
Homer's Helen was the wife of the Greek king Menelaus, and she's placed at the center of conflict when the Trojan prince Paris claims her as a gift from the goddess Aphrodite, bestowed in exchange ...