Helen of Troy:
Goddess, Princess, Whore
by Bettany HughesHelen of Troy:
Goddess, Princess, Whore
by Bettany Hughes
Posted on 10/09/2005 8:29:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
While Hughes explores the Late Bronze Age reality behind the story of Helen, she takes in some of the most beautiful scenery of the ancient world, from the magnificent citadel at Mycenae to the spectacular site of the shrine to Helen, high in the hills above Sparta. She also tastes the food of the ancient world -- based on the latest archaeological research -- and discovers how the conflict in Helen's name would really have been fought. Working with weapons experts and accurate replicas of chariots pulled by local gypsy horses, Hughes experiences firsthand how chariots and archers battled beneath the still looming walls of Troy.
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Helen of Troy:
Goddess, Princess, Whore
by Bettany HughesHelen of Troy:
Goddess, Princess, Whore
by Bettany Hughes
Helen of Troy
Wednesday, October 12, 9:00pm
CHANNEL 35 (WGVU)
British historian Bettany Hughes tours the eastern Mediterranean in search of facts behind the legends of “the face that launched a thousand ships,” exploring the ways Greeks made love and war circa 1300 B.C.
CC, Stereo, Letterboxed TVPG
Acclaimed presenter of historic documentaries, Bettany Hughes, embarks on a journey across the eastern Mediterranean to discover the truth about HELEN OF TROY, the woman blamed for causing the Trojan War. Following weapons experts, the two-hour film shows how the conflict in Helen's name would have been fought, unraveling the reality from the myths and putting flesh on "the face that launched a thousand ships."
The Spartans
with Bettany Hughes
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In Search of the Real Troy
Saudi Aramco World | January/February 2005 Volume 56, Number 1
Graham Chandler, Photographed by Ergun Cagata
Posted on 02/20/2005 2:33:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Was There a Trojan War?
Archaeology | May/June 2004 | Manfred Korfmann
Posted on 07/29/2004 11:43:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The weird thing is, 21 people have viewed this topic so far, and only one has posted. ;') Seven times.
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Two can't be as bad as one.
The problem could be that it's the curse of Homer. He couldn't be happy with that abomination of a movie made recently that had the effrontery to call itself "Troy".
The again it might be this inane quote from the Brit involved with the documentary in question:
"Every Greek man is still in love with Helen"---sheesh that's dumb.
I was married to somebody like her, but she cost me my ship.
My beloved Georgia Peach, a 36' ketch I sailed half way around the world on.
Oh and did I mention I prefer Homer's version of the this saga...not pulp history hyperbole by Bett.
Helen was not a whore...that's creepy by any standard. By writing this Bett is acting like one though.
Isn't she precious...wars have certainly been extended with threats of females like her....who would want to come home to her...
I just threw up on my keyboard.
And here is a bit about her:
Following a scholarship to Oxford, Bettany has had a sequence of extraordinary life experiences. On the trail of mother-earth figurines she found herself in Romania during the whirlwind and carnage of the revolutions. Bettany wrote about her experiences and as a result has maintained a parallel career as a print journalist and is published regularly in the Times, the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail. She has dived off the coast of Asia Minor to prove how the production of purple dye shaped international politics in the Bronze Age, and just last week, during the recording of a radio documentary for the BBC about the mediaeval queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, she was thrown off a galloping horse while imagining what it must have been like for Eleanor to ride into the crusades dressed as an Amazon.
Bettany has a keen interest in communicating her passion for the past to as broad an audience as possible. As a result she has worked on a number of social inclusion projects in the inner cities as well as presenting her prime-time history programmes on television and radio.
The relevance and popularity of her ideas and programmes have meant that film projects such as The Spartans (C4/PBS) have had a great success internationally. The DVD of The Spartans and the accompanying book are now on the Amazon best-seller list.
Bettany is currently writing a book on Helen of Troy which will be published in the UK, the US, Germany, Italy and Greece. She goes into production on a major TV series to accompany the book this autumn.
Her programme - on the Minoan Civilisation, will be broadcast 7 - 9 on Saturday Nov 6th. Channel 4.
Bettany juggles her professional commitments with raising a young family. She has an excellent track-record as a speaker, and has worked very successfully with clients that include Oxford University, the Boards of Multi-Nationals and National Museums.
From here: http://www.womenspeakers.co.uk/speakerdetail.asp?speakerid=62
But not a word about her her marriage, her husband....
interesting..
Interesting.
This is slightly off-topic:
I saw a brief news report a couple of days ago about sick birds in Turkey, and was actually suprised to see that turkeys in Turkey had contracted avian flu from migrating birds.
Turkey has turkeys? Must be transplants. I wonder if Turkey celebrates Thanksgiving?
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