Helen Of Troy
by Lena Owens - OLena Art Vibrant Palette Knife and Graphic Design
Title
Helen Of Troy
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Lena Owens - OLena Art Vibrant Palette Knife and Graphic Design
Medium
Painting - Fresco
Description
Helen Of Troy .Her face was the face that launched a thousand ships. Considered to have been the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen would be seduced by the Trojan prince, Paris and travel to his homeland of Troy. She would leave behind her Spartan homeland and her husband, Menelaus. Enraged, Menelaus would convince his brother, Agamemnon, to set sail for Troy and to retrieve his wife. A war ensued and lasted for ten years. At least, that is how the Trojan Cycle depicts these events. Did a Helen, or a historical representation of Helen exist at some point during the Late Bronze Age of the Eastern Mediterranean (ca. 1500 - 1200 BCE)? Was a war waged between two power nations over a woman? A re-reading of a historical document may lead to some answers.
female, mythological, legend, helena, elena, trojan, homer, beauty, beautiful, legendary, portrait, ful,l length, romantic, monochrome, fresco, goddess, ancient world, texture woman (Read the article on one pagehttp://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/search-helen-troy-002229 )
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February 19th, 2017
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Lena Owens OLena Art
Dear friends, thank you so much for your comments and time to view it ;-) pretty impressive to get many visits!
Heather McFarlane-Watson
What an incredibly beautiful piece of work, OLena! And your write-up gives me some new ideas about summer reading.
Bijan Pirnia
Hello Lena, You have done such a superb job of depicting the face that, according to Homer, launched a thousand ships. I'm delighted to see that you're into classical literature. I'm crazy about it also. I've been listening to the lectures of the woman I consider to be the greatest Homeric scholar of our time : professor Elizabeth Vandiver. She speaks so eloquently about the two books that have been most influential in Western cultures : The Iliad and The Odyssey. You might want to check her out.
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