Helen- A Ten Year War
What is mythology? According to James Harvey Stout, it is an organized collection of stories by which we explain our beliefs in history. Myths usually confront major issues such as the origin of humanity and its traditions. It is the way in which the natural and human worlds function on a universal level. Other myth narrate the deities' daily activities-their love affairs and pleasures, their jealousies and rages, their ambitions and schemes, and their quarrels and battles. Homer's Iliad is work of literature where this is well represented. An example of a character who represents this notion is, the one and only, Helen. Helen is perceived as the most inspired character in all literature, ancient or modern? At first glance we know she is a woman, a woman whose face launched a thousand ships. A whole war, one that lasted for 10 years, was fought over her. We know that she is made of flesh and blood, but yet she was immortal. However, in H
Helen was abducted by Paris and held captive in Troy. It was because of Helen that a large army sailed against that city to demand the return of Helen to her husband Menelaus. When Menelaus learned that Helen sailed away with Paris, he turned to his brother Agamemnon to gather an army. An alliance was formed which sailed to Troy and demanded that Helen and the Spartan property be returned at once. omer's Iliad he produces negative attitude in regards to the way Helen is viewed. Is this in fact the truth; is this woman the cause of the death of thousands and the destruction of Troy? Let us take a journey back to ancient Greece, with the hopes of revealing the truth about this most controversial woman. Helen of Sparta was a tantalizing enigma, so we hear, from the beginning. She was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, queen of Sparta. She was also famous in the world for her beauty and has been called the "Lady of Sorrows. It appears that the story of Helen is more fascinatin
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