So, so much more than Helen of Troy or the face that sunk a thousand ships. What do we really know about Sparta - what part did she actually play, if any, in the Trojan War?
Helen - A Not so Simple Tale
12.21 The Most Infamous Woman of Greek Myth, Helen of Sparta (Part 1)
Helen is simultaneously the most well known mortal of myth and a complete and utter enigma. What do we actually know about her, and the choices she did and did not make that lead to the Trojan War?
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12.21 Beyond the Face that Launched a Thousand Ships, Helen of Sparta (Part 2)
Helen of Sparta, later of Troy, is so many things... it all depends on where you're looking. In this episode we examine the Helen of Homer, and of Sparta itself.
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Ovid’s Helen
12.21 Liv Reads Ovid: The Heroides, Letters from Paris & Helen
Ovid's Heroides are fictional letters between mythological figures... These two are particularly incredible (and in the case of Paris, hilarious). Ovid's Heroides, translated by Grant Showerman.
This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's simply a bonus reading of Ovid.
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Euripides’ Helen
07.22 What if Helen was a Ghost Though? Euripides Helen Part 1
What if Helen of Sparta was never taken by Paris, never brought to Troy at all? Euripides' Helen explores a "ghost theory" of Helen, an eidolon theory.
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08.22 TFW Your Ghost Eidolon Causes the Most Famous War in Ancient History. Euripides Helen Part 2
Things aren't looking good for Helen in Egypt, but then Menelaus rolls in and... makes things more difficult.
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08.22 First He Made us Feel for Agememnom, and Now Menelaus is Sexy!? Euripides Helen Part 3
Euripides is really here making us all fall for Menelaus and I don't know how to deal with it. Menelaus and Helen are reunited and plan their escape from Egypt.
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08.22 The Ancient Heist You Never Knew You Needed. Euripides Helen Part 4
In this very Euripidean finale, Helen and Menelaus execute their escape from Egypt, and Theoclymenus is visited by unexpectedly divine guests...
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08.22 The Choral Odes of Euripides Helen Are Worth Listening To
Just a quick reading of the first two choral odes from Euripides' Helen, translated by EP Coleridge. They're very good and don't fit in with the full narrative episode.
This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style.
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Conversations on Helen
Conversations: Helen as the Beautiful Evil, the Kalon Kakon with Alexia Burrows Charalambidou
Liv speaks with Alexia Burrows Charalambidou about the kalon kakon, the beautiful evil in mythological women like Pandora, Helen, Medea, and Circe. Follow Alexia on Twitter!
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Conversations: Exploring an Alternate Helen, Behind the Scenes of the Eidolon & Euripides’ Play with CW Marshall
Liv speaks with CW Marshall, who's literally written the book on Euripides' Helen, about the background, context, and behind the scenes of the play as well as Euripides' fragmentary play Andromeda. Follow Toph on Twitter.
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05.20 Conversations: Shakespeare’s Helen of Troy, a Conversation About Troilus and Cressida
Liv speaks with Danielle LaRose of Tiger's Hearts Collective, an all woman theatre company who performed Troilus and Cressida virtually. We talk Shakespeare, women in theatre, feminism, mythology, and Homer in general. And, of course, all about Shakespeare's interpretation of the Trojan War and all its heroes: Troilus and Cressida.
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