Helen of Troy and Her Shameless Phantom 9781501720703

Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Traditional Helen
1. The Helen of the Iliad
2. Sappho's Helen and the Problem of the Text
Part II. The Revised Helen
3. The Helen of the Odyssey
4. Stesichorus and His Palinode
5. Herodotus and Helen in Egypt
6. Euripides' Helen: The Final Revision
Glossary of Greek Terms
Bibliography
Index

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HELEN OF TROY AND HER SHAMELESS PHANTOM

A volume in the series

MYTH AND POETICS edited by

GREGORY NAGY

A list of titles appears at the end of the book.

HELEN OF TROY AND HER SHAMELESS PHANTOM NoRMAN AusTIN

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS ITHACA AND LONDON

First printing, Cornell Paperbacks, 2008

Copyright © 1994 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 1994 by Cornell University Press. Printed in the United States of America @The paper in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39·48-1984.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Austin, Norman. Helen of Troy and her shameless phantom I Norman Austin. p. em. - (Myth and poetics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8014-2955-2 (alk. paper) 1. Greek literature-History and criticism. 2. Helen of Troy (Greek mythology) in literature. 3. Trojan War in literature. I. Title. II. Series. PA3015.R5H372 1994 880.9'351-dc20 93-42418

To My Brothers Stephen, Paul, Alvyn, and Gordon

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