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Euripides: Helen (Paperback, New edition)
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Euripides: Helen (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
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Helen who has always been faithful to her husband Menelaus; who
never went to Troy, but was carried off to Egypt, where she remains
throughout the Trojan War, waiting faithfully for her husband
Menelaus to rescue her. Meanwhile, Helen of Troy - a mere phantom
fashioned by the gods - has blighted the real Helen's life with
undeserved hatred. Helen plays with this premise in ways that make
it by turns amusing and disturbing, playful and full of serious
quandaries. The real Helen did not commit the deeds for which she
is famous, and yet she cannot escape a reputation based on what the
world believes her to be, rather than on what she is. And yet, with
the disappearance of the phantom Helen, Menelaus does reclaim his
wife at last and the real Helen plots a brilliant deception that
will bring them both home again in triumph. Helen is an
extraordinary performance that has disturbed critics because it
refuses to conform to their expectations. Whether understood as a
tragedy or something more like aphilisophical divertissement or
romantic comedy, Helen has increasingly been recognized as an
intellectually challenging and emotionally satisfying dramatic
masterpiece. Greek text with facing translation
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