Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation

by Ruby Blondell

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199731608
• ISBN13: 9780199731602
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"