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  Helen of Troy 18 Oct 2005  
Who is the real Helen?

Immortalised on a million vases and in a hundred plays and poems, Helen of Troy has excited man's imagination for thousands of years.

A prehistoric princess with a demi god for a father she is remembered as the "face that launched a thousand ships" for her part in inciting the Trojan War. But who is the real Helen? Was she a harlot or a victim of Aphrodite's meddling - a political pawn or simply an independent woman, exercising her freedom? 

Jenni  will be trying to uncover the real Helen with Bettany Hughes author of Helen of Troy :Goddess, Princess, Whore? and Edith Hall, Professor of Greek Cultural history at Durham University.

Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore? by Bettany Hughes, published by Jonathan Cape - ISBN: 0224071777


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