Helen of Troy : goddess, princess, whore
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Published
New York : Knopf, 2005.
Format
Book
Edition
1st American ed.
ISBN
1400041783
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 458 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Status
Martin Luther College Library - Stacks
BL 820 .H45 H84 2005
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Published
New York : Knopf, 2005.
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
ISBN
1400041783

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General Note
Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-443) and index.
Description
For close to three thousand years, Helen of Troy 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. But who was she? Helen exists in many guises: a matriarch from the Age of Herãis; the focus of a cult that conflated Helen the heroine with a pre-Greek fertility goddess; the home-wrecker of the Iliad; the whore of Greek tragedy; the pin-up of Romantic artists. Focusing on a flesh-and-blood aristocrat from the Greek Bronze Age, cultural and social historian Hughes reconstructs the context of her life. Through the eyes of a young Mycenaean princess, Hughes examines the physical, historical, and cultural traces that Helen has left on locations in Greece, North Africa, and Asia Minor.--From publisher description.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, B. (2005). Helen of Troy: goddess, princess, whore (1st American ed.). Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, Bettany. 2005. Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore. New York: Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, Bettany. Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore New York: Knopf, 2005.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Hughes, B. (2005). Helen of troy: goddess, princess, whore. 1st American ed. New York: Knopf.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hughes, Bettany. Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore 1st American ed., Knopf, 2005.

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