EPISODE 9: WHO’S AFRAID OF HELEN OF TROY?

HELEN

A bronze portrait plaquette from 15th Century Italy showing Helen on one side and Paris on the other..

MENELAUS AND PROTEUS

A print by Giulio Bonasone illustrating the episode of Menelaus capturing Proteus.

PROTEUS AND ARISTAEUS

This story is from the Odyssey, but Virgil (and the illustrator) both borowed heavily from the Menelaus and Proteus story.

Another beautiful imgage of Proteus among the seals from the British Museum by Dame Elisabeth Frink is still under copyright and can’t be reproduced here. Link directly to this work on the British Museum’s website: HERE

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