Helen of Troy

Name: Helen of Troy
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SKU: 9781835628072
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New & Ancient Greek Tales

Series: Myths, Gods & Immortals

Brief Description

An awesome new title exploring the enchanting Helen of Greek mythology, featuring a fascinating extended introduction and modern stories reimagining her. Renowned as the face that launched a thousand ships, Helen of Troy was a crucial figure in the epic Trojan War, that most important event... Read More

Format: Hardback

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Renowned as the face that launched a thousand ships, Helen of Troy was a crucial figure in the epic Trojan war, that most important event in Greek mythology. Modern short stories collected here delve deeper into the character, accompanied by an extended introduction exploring classic sources, myths and the cultural legacy of this enchanting figure.

An awesome new title exploring the enchanting Helen of Greek mythology, featuring a fascinating extended introduction and modern stories reimagining her.

Description

An awesome new title exploring the enchanting Helen of Greek mythology, featuring a fascinating extended introduction and modern stories reimagining her.

Renowned as the face that launched a thousand ships, Helen of Troy was a crucial figure in the epic Trojan War, that most important event in Greek mythology. Though the cause of the war rested with Eris, the goddess of discord, Helen's bewitching beauty, considered as she was to be the most beautiful woman in the mortal realm, is often held responsible for her elopement or abduction by Paris, inciting her husband's fury and instigating a conflict that was to rage for ten long years.

Delving deeper into the character and backstory of Helen, modern short stories reimagine and shine light on this enchanting figure, exploring beyond her most immediate link to the Trojan War. Created through open submissions and supported by an extensive introduction examining classic sources and the mythology surrounding Helen, this is a wonderful new book in the best tradition of Flame Tree's collectable hardcover editions.

Deluxe edition, foiled and embossed, with gilded edges.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835628072

Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Flame Tree Publishing

Illustration: 3 Line drawings, black and white

Contributors:

Contributions by Benjamin Cyril Arthur
Contributions by Kay Hanifen
Contributions by Brooksie C. Fontaine
Contributions by Lixin Foo
Introduction by Bella Vivante
Contributions by Georgina Kamsika
Foreword by Emily Hauser
Contributions by Conda V. Douglas
Contributions by Geoff Holder

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 850g

Pages: 368

Collections

Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Series: Myths, Gods & Immortals

About the Author

Bella Vivante ('Introducing Helen of Troy'), Classics Professor Emerita, University of Arizona, USA, has lifelong fascination with ancient Greek Helen. Her scholarship examines Helen in Greek drama, ritual, concepts of womanhood, and modern cinema. She has given countless presentations to general audiences. She has performed Helen in Euripides' Trojan Women in ancient Greek and numerous poetry recitations. See her Daughters of Gaia: Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World and translation of Euripides' Helen in Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides. Emily Hauser (Foreword) is an award-winning ancient historian and Times bestselling author; she has a PhD in Classics from Yale and was Junior Fellow at the Society of Fellows at Harvard. Her books have been published and translated across the world, and shortlisted for the Seminary Co-Op's Best Books of 2023. Her latest book is Mythica: A New History of Homer's World, through the Women Written Out Of It, and was an instant Times bestseller.