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Max Dashu - Helen of Troy and Women of the Trojan War

  • Writer: Sean Newcombe
    Sean Newcombe
  • Sep 11, 2021
  • 1 min read

“Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,

And burnt the topless towers of Ilium--

Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.--"


So wrote Christopher Marlowe of one of the most famous names in history: Helen of Troy. But who was Helen and what was life like for women of that era?



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