Stealing Helen : the myth of the abducted wife in comparative perspective

Stealing Helen : the myth of the abducted wife in comparative perspective / Lowell Edmunds.

It's a familiar story: a beautiful woman is abducted and her husband journeys to recover her. This story's best-known incarnation is also a central Greek myth--the abduction of Helen that led to the Trojan War. Stealing Helen surveys a vast range of folktales and texts exhibiting the story...

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Main Author: Edmunds, Lowell (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Helen, > of Troy, Queen of Sparta > In literature.
Abduction in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "The abduction of the beautiful wife" as international tale
  • Dioscuri
  • Helen myth
  • Hypostases of Helen
  • Helen in the fifth century and after
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Examples of "The abduction of the beautiful wife"
  • Appendix 2: Inventory of art objects.

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