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8 unusual facts about Helen of Troy


Aristophon

Pliny, who places him among the painters of the second rank, mentions two works by him: one showing Ancaeus wounded by the boar and mourned over by his mother Astypalaea, and another containing figures of Priam, Helen, Ulysses, Deiphobus, Dolon, and Credulitas.

Dimitris Liantinis

He also stated that Goethe tried to marry the two and that his failed experiment was recorded in the second part of Faust, appropriately called "The Quest for Helen", where Faust representing the romantic hero lies in bed with Helen of Troy only to produce a still-born child.

Kaupeepeenuikauila

He was the Hawaiian Paris and Hina was the Hawaiian Helen and their story is dramatic record of the love and hate, wrong and revenge, courage and custom, passion and superstition, of mythical times.

Marianne Shine

She appeared as Elvira in Blithe Spirit and Miriam in Postmortem both at Ross Valley Players, Nara in An Honest Arrangement at the San Francisco Theatre Festival, Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Helen of Troy in Trojan Barbie at The Exit Theatre.

Morning in the Burned House

The first explores the theme of torture, in particular the torture of women, through the retelling of myths such as those of Cressida, Helen of Troy, and a lion-headed goddess of war.

The Dawning of the Day

Helen of Troy is used in the translation rather than the literal Venus simply for its rhythm.

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

The Private Life of Helen of Troy is a 1927 American silent film about Helen of Troy based on a novel by John Erskine and adapted to screen by Gerald C. Duffy.

Tryphiodorus

Tryphiodorus also explains the relationship between Athene and Helen.


Ab ovo

Had Leda not lain the egg, Helen would not have been born, so Paris could not have eloped with her, so there would have been no Trojan War.

Black Ships Before Troy

The main human characters are those of the original Iliad: Paris, Helen of Troy, Hector, Ajax, Achilles, Patroclus, and Odysseus.

Demoleon

Born into a peaceful family that believed that Helen should be sent back to the Greeks, he had many siblings including Archelochus, Acamas, Glaucus, Helicaon, Laodocus, Coön, Polybus, Agenor, Iphidamas, Laodamas, Eurymachus, Hippolochus, Medon, Thersilochus, Antheus (most of whom perished during the Trojan War), and at least one sister, Crino.

Jack-a-Boy

Through the Professor, allusions made are to Homer, Georg Autenrieth's A Homeric Dictionary, H. L. Ahrens's Griechische, Formenlehre, John Flaxman, The Trojan War, Harlequin, Friedrich Nietzsche, Artemis, John Keats, Rhesus of Thrace, Achilles, Patroclus, Aubrey Beardsley, Franz Schubert, Theseus, Centaur, Jack the Giant Killer, Golden Helen, Hector, Andromache.

Lemon of Troy

It features cultural references to the 1984 song "When Doves Cry", the 1981 film The Road Warrior and the 1968 song "What a Wonderful World", and the title of the episode is a play on the name Helen of Troy from Greek mythology.

Women in ancient Sparta

The Cult of Helen of Sparta was obviously large amongst Spartans as well as the Cult of Cynisca.

Worms Forts: Under Siege

Greek: The Greek story focuses on the war against Troy and a worm called Helen.


see also

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

That same year, the first "talkie", The Jazz Singer, received an honorary award for introducing sound to film, and the category for which The Private Life of Helen of Troy was nominated was dropped by the second Academy Awards.