The paintings themselves depicted a myriad of figures from Greek mythology, including the renowned Helen of Troy, amid themes ...

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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 ...