Helen- A Ten Year War

Helen-A Ten Year War What is mythology? According to James Harvey Stout, it is an organized collection of stories by which we explain our beliefs in history. Myths usually confront major issues such as the origin of humanity and its traditions. It is the way in which the natural and human worlds function on a universal level. Other myth narrate the deities’ daily activities—their love affairs and pleasures, their jealousies and rages, their ambitions …

…shame becomes her distinction. As we return from our journey and reflect upon what we have learned of Helen, one can only say that she is nothing other than extraordinary woman. Although, Homer portrays a negative image of this character, one can’t help imagine that this individual was at the of a war that inevitably affected all of Greece. One needs to ask what “ordinary” woman can have this affect on an entire country?