Tag: Helen of Troy

• Exploring Ancient Myths: Defining Beauty, According to Homer’s Helen of Troy

  

  Many great minds have attempted to explain the complexities of subjective and objective beauty. Some have focused on principles of aesthetics while others on the emotional arousal a thing of beauty can facilitate. Personally, I find Homer’s explanation, as inferred through an allegorical interpretation of Helen of Troy, to be the most enlightening.  Background  Homer…

  Renée

  January 11, 2022

  Ancient religions, ancient symbolism, Art appreciation, History, Interpreting symbolism

  Defining beauty, Exploring Ancient Myths, Helen of Troy, Homer's Helen of Troy, Mythology, Religion, Symbolism, The meaning of Illiad, Trojan War, Was Helen of Troy beautiful?