Tag: Helen

The Oecus of ‘Bad’ Women in the House of Jason at Pompeii

December 1, 2020

Medea: Oh what an evil to men is passionate love! Creon: That would depend on the luck that goes along with it. Euripides, Medea, 330-331 Introduction The House of Jason, officially IX.5.18, admittedly does not look like much to the modern visitor of Pompeii. Its walls are bare and crumbling. Only traces of plaster and … More The Oecus of ‘Bad’ Women in the House of Jason at Pompeii

Helen of Troy

March 30, 2017

Claimed to be the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Troy or Helen of Sparta, and also known as “the face that launched a thousand ships” was in Greek mythology the main cause of the Trojan war. She was daughter to Zeus and Leda, although her putative father was said to be Tyndareus … More Helen of Troy