One of the frescoes depicts the legendary Helen of Troy and Paris, whose elopement set off the series of events that led to the Trojan War. Helen had been married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta ...
The paintings depicted the Helen of Troy among other Greek figures. The work showcased themes of heroism through the role heroes and gods played in the Trojan War, as well as themes of fate and ...
Helen of Troy was written in. We now know for example that there were indeed high-ranking female aristocrats whose infidelity was enough to spark threats of war between states in what is now ...
It all happens in the small kingdom of Arcadia at the time of the Trojan War. Swedish version of Jacques Offenbach's operetta of the classic Greek myth.
An Old Soldier remembers the ten-year war at Troy and the events which led up to it: Paris, Helen, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Cassandra, Odysseus…and the wooden horse.
British historian Bettany Hughes tours the eastern Mediterranean in search of facts behind the legends of the face that launched a thousand ships exploring the ways Greeks made love and war circa ...