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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2014-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 19 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. 2 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. "The Abduction of the Beautiful Wife" as International Tale
- 2. Dioscuri
- 3. Helen Myth
- 4. Hypostases of Helen
- 5. Helen in the Fifth Century and After
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. Examples of "The Abduction of the Beautiful Wife"
- Appendix 2. Inventory of Art Objects
- Notes
- References
- Index Locorum
- General Index