Helen Scholarship

Question 1

What does Farron say about how Aphrodite treats Helen?

Answer 1

Farron ‘aphrodite acts like the human male characters and treats helen like an object’

Question 2

What does Vann about how Helen is depicted?

Answer 2

Vann ‘depictions of Helen are varied and conflicting’ this is as some show her to be complicit with running away with Paris whilst other believe she was kidnapped

Question 3

What does Pantelia say about Helen in Book 3?

Answer 3

Pantelia ‘ Helen becomes an author of a catalog in book 3, whilst describing the Greek soldiers

Question 4

What does Blondell say about how the men of the epic treat Helen?

Answer 4

Blondell ‘Helen is objectified by the men in the Iliad, keeping their struggle heroic

Question 5

What does Blondell say about Helen’s ‘characteristic self blame’?

Answer 5

Blondell ‘Helen’s characteristic self blame is an exercise of power’ in terms that it wins her the sympathy and protection she needs