Helen Mirren

In the Iliad, Homer tells a story of a brutal nine year war between the Trojans and the Greeks. The two sides, with blessed champions on both sides, are fighting over Helen, the most beautiful mortal woman ever born. In addition, both sides fight for glory, as Ancient Greek society valued success in battle and the amount of spoils one brings back from war. While Hector and Paris both are champions of Troy, and share a noble pedigree, the two heros show a different set of priorities on the battlefield;

Paris then took her back to Troy. Menelaus heard and the ex-suitors of Helen made a deal with Agamemnon saying that If the princess of Grease won that Menelaus would get Helen back and Agamemnon would get Troy. Rumors have it that Odysseus the king of Ithaca, was sent on a journey to find you and persuade you to join the war between the princes of Greece and the Trojans.

“The Judgement of Paris” is essentially the prequel to the Trojan War. It’s a series of events that started with the goddess of Discord, Eris. As an unpopular god she was excluded from many events that the other gods and goddesses attended. At an important event, the marriage of King Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis, she alone was not included. Eris to take revenge on the gods and goddesses decided to throw a golden apple into the party. The golden apple was inscribed with “For the Fairest”. All goddesses

saying, “Please,” her voice catching on the newness of the word, Helen asked me to turn it up.” - Page 108, That’s Amore This quote is significant in that it shows a somber level of pity in stark contrast to the satirical and rude voice used throughout the book. After Helen’s death David hears all the stories of Helen’s aggression, but soon his laughter on her life turns to nostalgia of the time they spent together. Although Helen was obscenely awful, David manages to look back on their time together

goddesses. It initiated when Prince Paris was given an apple from the “evil goddess of Discord, Eris,” and told him to choose the fairest goddess between three. Paris ludicrously chose the goddess who offered him the most beautiful woman. This woman was Helen, queen of Sparta. But Paris stole her from her husband and refused to give her back to Menelaus. The American-Indian war commenced in a similar fashion. The French and the Indians fought against the English and the Americans for the land. The land

Script Narrator 1 (Sarah) – Helen was afraid and this child of Zeus pulled her silvery –white lines around her, and walked silently through the Trojan women, ditching them completely. The Goddess went ahead and led her to Paris’ beautiful house, the servants quickly all found something to do. Narrator 2 (Lexy) - Helen silently moved into the large bedroom. Where Aphrodite, smiling, placed a chair for her, opposite of Paris. Helen sat down and turning her head said rudely: Helen (Candace) – “Back from

Lines 1372 to 1430 in Aeschylus’s Agamemnon is a dialogue between Clytemnestra and the Chorus right after she avenged murder on Agamemnon and Cassandra. This dialogue is essential as it gives Clytemnestra a very masculine representation as she defies the conventional female role. Aeschylus uses many literary features to properly execute her masculinity. Clytemnestra’s daring and remorseless acts ensues her rejection of femininity, which in turn allows her to be a powerful and dominant force in the

Well Zeus had visited Castor and Pollux's mother (who was Spartan Queen Leda) in the form of a swan and raped her. Leda had given birth to four children. Two of them were Castor and Clytemnestra and the other two were Pollux and Helen (who would soon to be known as Helen of Troy). As Castor and Pollux grew they had become very close with each other, so close that they were inseparable. The Twins were both brave and strong. Castor was known

Josef Affourtit Affourtit.2 February 10th, 2017 CLAS1101 The Iliad: Greeks and Their Love for ‘War’ It has long been a popular scholarly opinion that the Greeks in the Iliad were lovers of war and violence. The Greeks were most definitely primal beasts, and blood shedders, a fact made abundantly clear in the Iliad. However, I think that the Greeks were not lovers of war, furthermore I think this interpretation is shortsighted. The amount of violence in the Iliad seems to be evidence for their love

Creative Title Although Aphrodite gave Helen to Paris without her consent, Helen’s nonetheless guilty. Hecuba gave Helen the opportunity to escape Troy, and Helen denied this offer. Helen did not scream when she was being abducted. If she really was being taken against her will, she would've at least tried to fight back and scream for help. This 10 year war could’ve have been at least shortened if Helen would’ve changed her actions . In this book Helen’s famously labeled as “ the face