Stealing Helen : : The Myth of the Abducted Wife in Comparative Perspective /

Stealing Helen : : The Myth of the Abducted Wife in Comparative Perspective / / Lowell Edmunds.

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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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Edmunds, Lowell,
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

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