Do you think Helen of Troy is a Hero? Why?thnks..im curious what you think b/c some agree and some disagree.
The subject of the Trojan wars cropped up in a discussion I had with an archaeologist here on the island of Crete a few days ago. He told me that the general belief amongst archaeologists today is that the Trojan wars never happened. Homer wrote a good story and made it sound like genuine history by giving his characters Mycean names.
Helen was nothing but a sex object.
No. Why would you think that she might be heroic? If she existed in reality, historians now believe that Troy did exist after many centuries in thinking that Troy was a historical myth, but there is no evidence that Helen of Troy ran off with Paris and started a 10 year long war as written in the Iliad. Even if everything written about her is true, remember the story is rife with Olympian Gods interacting with people, she did nothing at all which could be considered heroic. If the stories are true, she is a queen and wife, who ran off with a prince of another city/state and caused a horrific war. Nothing that was written about her describes any of her actions that we would consider to be heroic. She is famous in history as in well known, but she is not heroic. whale Well, I left the question as to the truth of the story of the Iliad up for debate, but archeologists have found the city of Troy itself.
Hello! I watched a documentary about the Trojan war... The untrue story of Achilles was written by Homer a Greek philosopher who possibly lived around 850 BC. It was a type of book to be sold, much like our Authors do today. Upon examining the contents of this book, modern day Professors discovered where the alleged Trojan war took place. Excavators and Archaeologists searched thoroughly at the site of this supposed epic event for clues or some type of weaponry to indicate a past conflict. Nothing could be found, not even the stone walls of the fortress or the slightest bit of evidence that anything existed. It was as if it was a baron land. Nothing could be proven from Homer's writings and no physical aspects could be recovered. Simply, they summed the end of this documentary up with Homer was probably just a very good story teller. So in reality, it was just a novel designed to sell for profit purposes. That being cleared up, in the movie Troy, i think Helen is depicted as more of a nuisance than anything. As a result of her refusing to marry Menelaus, she brought the power and might of Acheans forces onto the shores of Troy. Her new husband Paris had basically and unintentionally encouraged the destruction of his hometown, culture, religion and identity. By no means could she be justified as a Hero for her actions. I mean, what did she truly do that was noble or courageous? Her stupidity caused widespread devastation and the death of thousands of men, who would never see their families again. Well that's my opinion, bye!
