Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Seductress : A BIAA lecture by Bettany Hughes @bettanyhughes British Institute At Ankara

Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Seductress BIAA lecture by by Bettany Hughes
London, 17 November 2015

In this lecture, following a decade of research Bettany Hughes explores the figure of Helen of Troy in her cultural, literary and historical guises. The ‘World’s Desire’ has been a constant presence in the human imagination for 27 centuries. Hughes charts those points in the archaeological record where fact and fiction graze. A unique exploration of both historical landscapes and ideas about what it is to be human.