007. The face that launched a 1000 ships. Part 3 Helen's Nostos

04/05/20 • 45 min

The conclusion to my biographical look into the bronze age's most famous daughter, Helen of Sparta. This time we take her story from the death of Hector through to her eventual trip home over the ashes of Troy.
We see the major role Helen played in that cities climactic destruction along with the fate of the Trojan women she had spent a decade with. Finishing with her emotional return to Sparta and reunion with Hermione, the daughter who was a babe when last they were together.
What would life after the war hold in store for Helen, happy home or embitterment?
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006. The face that launched a 1000 ships. Part 2 Helen of Troy

Continuing the story of Helen, this months episode delves into the tale behind her abduction by Paris from Sparta. We carry the story forward from that fateful event and find our subject languishing behind the walls of Troy, we'll conclude this section in the same way that the Iliad finishes, with her oration at the funeral of mighty Hector.
For the first time we get to hear the voice of Helen and learn some of the complexities of her character.
Part 2 of my 3 part biographical look at the classical Spartans most famous ancestor.

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008. Immortal Twins

This time we take a look at the lives of Castor and Polydeuces, the Dioscuri. They participated in some of the legendary events in greek mythology, a generation before the Trojan war.
Born into the ruling house of Sparta, that of Tyndareus, the pair grew to manhood rubbing shoulders with the likes of Heracles, Theseus and Jason.
In this episode I go through the ambiguity surrounding their birth and parentage, along with tracing their travels across the ancient Greek world. Extremely elusive figures in the mythical record, I've pinned down as coherent a chronology as possible for the twins who would go on to be deified and worshipped as gods by the Graeco-roman world after their passing.
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