A modern eidōlon of Helen
2016.05.02 | By Emily G. Shanahan For this rendering of Helen, I focused heavily on impressions gleaned from Euripides’s tragic play Helen, rather than better-known representations from Homer. Read more
Helen and her Eidolon
Hélène et le chant rituel : « mythe » et performance poétique en Grèce archaïque (une perspective anthropologique)
2016.05.01 | By Claude Calame “In the vast treasury of the myths, the (Greek) poet chose in turn the legend more adapted to the ceremony he wanted to celebrate”—so Bruno Gentili in a study of 1966 with the title “Poeta—committente—pubblico.” The example of Helen as cause of the Trojan war through the abduction by Paris gives the best opportunity to illustrate the adaptation of the heroic narrative to the circumstances… Read more
Helen, Counter-Ambush Expert
2016.05.01 | By Mary Ebbott and Casey Dué In addition to her superlative beauty, Helen in the Iliad and Odyssey has exceptional talents. Here we will add two skills that she has not received enough credit for: Helen knows both how to spot an ambush in the making and how to tell a great ambush story. Read more
Introduction to “Helen and her Eidolon”
2016.05.01 | By Donna Zuckerberg Donna Zuckerberg, editor of the online journal Eidolon, introduces the Helen-focused collaboration between two publications that have both existed for a little over a year now. Read more