Helen of Troy
Title | Helen of Troy PDF eBook |
Author | Bettany Hughes |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 532 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Civilization, Mycenaean |
ISBN | 184413329X |
As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek King Menelaus and the Trojan Prince Paris, Helen was held responsible for an enduring enmity between East and West. For millennia she has been viewed as ane xquisite agent of extermination. But who was she?
Helen of Troy
Title | Helen of Troy PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Lindsay |
Publisher | |
Pages | 458 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Gods' Concubine
Title | Gods' Concubine PDF eBook |
Author | Sara Douglass |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 2004-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0765305410 |
In the second title of The Troy Game series, love and revenge are set against the very fabric of time itself as a warrior waits for his opportunity to finish what was started centuries before.
The Trojan Women
Title | The Trojan Women PDF eBook |
Author | Euripides |
Publisher | |
Pages | 74 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | Andromache (Legendary character) |
ISBN |
Helen of Troy
Title | Helen of Troy PDF eBook |
Author | Bettany Hughes |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 2009-06-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0307485889 |
For 3,000 years, the woman known as Helen of Troy has been both the ideal symbol of beauty and a reminder of the terrible power beauty can wield.In her search for the identity behind this mythic figure, acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes uses Homer’s account of Helen’s life to frame her own investigation. Tracing the cultural impact that Helen has had on both the ancient world and Western civilization, Hughes explores Helen’s role and representations in literature and in art throughout the ages. This is a masterly work of historical inquiry about one of the world’s most famous women.
Helen of Troy
Title | Helen of Troy PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret George |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 632 |
Release | 2006-08-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1101218797 |
Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller. The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, Helen of Troy is an exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible, legendary characters—Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Menelaus, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves. With a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, it brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced.
Blood of Troy
Title | Blood of Troy PDF eBook |
Author | Claire Andrews |
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 445 |
Release | 2022-09-06 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 031636696X |
The sequel to Daughter of Sparta thrusts warrior Daphne and her love interest, the Olympian god Apollo, into the middle of the Trojan War in this epic YA fantasy reimagining of Greek mythology. A year after saving the powers of Olympus by defeating Nyx, the Goddess of Darkness, Daphne is haunted by still-looming threats, her complicated feelings for the god Apollo, and the promise she made to the Olympian gods that she would help them again when they called upon her. When their command finally comes, it is deceptively simple: secure herself a spot as one of Queen Helen’s guards. A war is coming, and all of Sparta must be prepared. In the midst of a treaty summit among the monarchs of Greece, Daphne and Helen uncover a plot of betrayal—and soon, a battle begins that leads to all-out war. As the kingdoms of Greece clash on the shores of Troy and the gods choose sides, Daphne must use her wits, her training, and her precarious relationship with Apollo to find a way to keep her queen safe, stop the war, and uncover the true reason the gods led her to Troy. But the gods are keeping more than one secret, and Daphne will be forced to decide how far she is willing to go to save those she loves—and whose side she’s on in a war that is prophesized to be the downfall of her people. Claire M. Andrews continues to turn Greek mythology on its head in this thrilling sequel that centers a female protagonist in a land ruled by powerful men and gods alike, filled with exhilarating action, unforgettable romance, and a destiny that could destroy the world. Preorder the jaw-dropping conclusion, Storm of Olympus, now!