Bettany Hughes is an historian, broadcaster, and author of Helen of Troy, Goddess, Princess, Whore (Pimlico 2013). Here, she writes about the myth of Helen as explored through the ages ...

In one of them, Paris, the prince of Troy, is shown with the Spartan princess Helen — better known as Helen of Troy. This ...

In one scene, Paris, the prince of Troy, stands before the Spartan princess Helen. In another, the god Apollo stands with a lyre in an attempt to seduce the Trojan priestess Cassandra, who ...

Pretending to be exhausted, they are rescued by Paris and Helen and taken to the palace ... who will be kidnapped by Paris and taken to Troy. When he reaches the palace of Ulysses, which ...