Helen

Hector and many others warriors to criticize Paris and call him a coward. Even after he loses the fight and is saved by Aphrodite he stays in his room with Helen rather than returning to the battle (III. 432-525). Instead of doing what most warriors of the time would do and return to battle immediately, Paris chooses to stay in bed with Helen and abandons his fellow Trojans. By being a coward many Trojans start to lose respect for Pairs, including his own brother Hector. Without the respect of…

says these lines right after he and Helen finish talking about his experience in the war before coming home. It is disturbing that Paris is so shallow that when there is not anything else to talk about, he shifts to his thirst for sex. By “losing themselves in love” it is implied that they both love each other and cannot get enough, but in reality Helen regrets her decision of leaving Menelaus, as she admitted so earlier on to Priam. Also, he “calls for Helen” due to his “hunger for her”,…

passed around as trophies. The Iliad by Homer and Medea by Euripides, demonstrate the two types of women in ancient world: in the Iliad, Helen, the wife of Menelaus stolen to be married to Paris, and in Medea, Medea, a fleeing princess of Colchis who wants revenge on her husband. Helen would be an example of how women were traditionally treated in the ancient world. Helen was forced to leave her life with Menelaus and be the prize of Paris. She did what she was told and did not have…

goddess of wisdom and warfare, offers success in battle. Aphrodite, goddess of love, offers the most beautiful wife in the world. Paris chooses Aphrodite, however she states that the most beautiful wife is Helen, daughter of Zeus, who is already married to King Menelaus of Sparta. Paris then wins Helen heart and eloped back to Troy, which starts a war. Greek cities banded together including Argos, Athens, Corinth, Arcadia,…

As soon as he latched his helmet securely to his sweaty head, he swiftly ran directly into the battlefield, meeting the enemy head on. Knowing full well of his fate to come, including the life and family he would leave behind, he showed no fear for there was something greater to be achieved at the end of his journey. As he approached his first enemy, he quickly took him down with one sudden movement of his sword. Following, he immediately took down another. And then another. He journeyed his way…

influential woman, Helen of Troy. These two authors will go on to tell you that Helen is a beautiful lady that is admired and loved or if she is a danger to all and causes disorder all around. To begin, the speaker in Poe and H.D.’s pieces both severely vary, you can certainly tell this by just the titles. Edgar Allen Poe’s poem is entitled as “to Helen,” Poe poses as if he was directly talking to her. Unlike Poe, Doolittle’s title is simply “Helen,” indicating that she is talking about Helen,…

can be deceptive in the eyes of others as evident of Odysseus’ many encounters with beautiful women such as Helen and Calypso. Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda. She was viewed to be the most beautiful woman in the world and the wife of Menelaus. “ Helen came out her scented chamber, a moving grace like Artemis, straight as a shaft of gold” (IV, 131-133). Despite her beauty, Helen was viewed to be the ultimate cause of the Trojan war. As for Calypso, the daughter of Atlas, she was…

and raised by a pastor. Then, years later, Paris learned of his true origin and returned to the Trojan court where he was given all the honors as prince. Paris was invited to a party at the Menelaus palace, King of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy. Each goddess offered something of great value as a bribe to make Paris name her…

(Trojan War, History.com). As a result of this war, many lives were lost but the Grecians eventually won after ten gruesome years of fighting (Cartwright, Mark. "Trojan War."). This war was fought because of the “capture” of Helen. It is said that the disappearance of Helen was a result of a curse on the House of Atreuis. However, others believe the Trojan War occurred because of Heracles’ mercy. Some still believe the second downfall of Troy was a result of Paris’s ruling. After the ruler of…

Mythology Both, Castor and Pollux were seen as great horsemen, however Castor was most noted with this quality. Pollux, in addition to being a great horsemen, was a known as a renowned fighter and boxer. In addition to each other, they had siblings: Helen of Troy, who was the war fought over, and Clytemnestra, who was involved in the electra complex. The parent(s) is Leda and Tyndareus, who were the king and queen of Sparta Castor and Pollux, also called Dioscuri which mean Sons of Zeus, were…