Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation by Ruby Blondell

Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation

Ruby Blondell

320 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging reflective slow-paced
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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 terri...

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