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“The Judgment of Paris” by Peter Paul Reubens (ca. 1638). Paris contemplates the goddesses while Hermes holds up the apple.  Athena is nearest to Hermes with her characteristic weapons by her side, Aphrodite is in the middle with her son Eros hugging her leg, and Hera stands on the far right.

Helen and her Fame

As we know, the diverse nature of the poems, dispersed as they were in place, time, poetic type, and social function yet precludes any neat summary of Helen’s role and validates her flexibility as a vehicle for an array of artistic and cultural concerns. She makes her appearances in a broad and varied genre, which…

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5. Bibliography2

Helen of Troy and Her ShAustin, Norman, editor. Helen of Troy and her shameless phantom. Myth and Poetics. Ithaca (N. Y.): Cornell University Pr., 1994.ameless Phantom This book investigates the traditional Helen, and the revised Helen by analyzing different literal sources. Homer portraits Helen as it was transmitted through the tradition that culminated in the Homeric poems as…

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