PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
<br>Ruby Blondell is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington, co-editor/translator of Women on the Edge: Four Plays by Euripides, and editor/translator of Sophocles: The Theban Plays.<br>
<br> A compelling new portrait of the most famous femme fatale in history as she appears in Greek myth and literature. --Publishers Weekly<p><br> Readers need not be scholars of Greek poetry and culture to appreciate this engaging look at an epic tale with modern resonance. --Booklist<br><p><br> An entertaining and lively narrative --Library Journal<br><p><br> A marvelously comprehensive look at Helen of Troy and her interpretations--literary, dramatic, and historical-through the ages. Every dimension of the myth of Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world and immortal in memory, is explored and analyzed. It leaves you awed and enlightened. --Margaret George, author of Helen of Troy and The Memoirs of Cleopatra<br><p><br> Helen's face launched not only a thousand ships but also thousands of texts and artworks: Blondell's lucid, learned, but light-handed study shows why. --Glenn Most, University of Chicago<p><br> A broad, subtle, and beautifully-written study that deserves a large and varied readership. Combining shrewd analysis with lightly-worn expertise, Blondell shows how Greek culture turned again and again to the myth of Helen to confront the disquieting power of female beauty. --Sheila Murnaghan, University of Pennsylvania<p><br>
