Part Ten: the face that launched a thousand ships --perfect iambic pentameter.
37. Helen in Athens
38. Helen Lost and Helen Found
39. Helen, Homer and the Chances of Survival
40. Veyn Fables (Vain Fables)
41. Helen of Troy and the Bad Samaritan
42. 'Perpulchra' -- More Than Beautiful
43. Dancing with the Devil
44. Helen's Nemesis
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The Chapters
The Chapters
37. Helen in Athens
- of the three great playwrights (ASE), it was Euripides whose plays of Helen played to the largest crowds in Athens. Notable: The Trojan Women, first produced in 415 BC, (Hecuba vs her daughter-in-law, Helen) and Helen, 412 BC.
- last page: "thyrsus" -- (in ancient Greece and Rome) a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Bacchus and his followers.
38. Helen Lost and Helen Found
39. Helen, Homer and the Chances of Survival
40. Veyn Fables
41. Helen of Troy and the Bad Samaritan
42. 'Perpulchra' -- More Than Beautiful
43. Dancing with the Devil
44. Helen's Nemesis
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