The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearly poses difficult questions—and has done so ever since the age of ...

Bettany Hughes is an historian, broadcaster, and author of Helen of Troy, Goddess, Princess, Whore (Pimlico 2013). Here, she writes about the myth of Helen as explored through the ages ...

In “Helen of Troy, 1993,” the poet Maria Zoccola relocates a figure from Greek mythology into small-town Tennessee. By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary ...

Hecuba, Queen of Troy, is to become a slave, as are the other women. Helen of Troy, who was the cause of this fierce battle, must now face her punishment for running away from her husband.

Their voices have been dubbed. The story opens with Paris’ journey to Sparta to effect a peace treaty between the Greeks and Troy. He falls in love with Helen not knowing she is the queen of Sparta.

Hecuba watches to learn of Helen's Fate. But Helen reveals that it is not her fault for all the woes that have befallen. Hecuba is to blame. Troy has fallen. Days after the battle is complete ...