Helen.

"Pre-historic princess, more than a pretty face.
The bronze ages.
The face that launched a 1000 ships.
Power of boundless beauty.
Picture-book Helen.
Faces imagined by artists.
Bejewelled heroines.
Their trophies.
Romantic imagery, an idol; idyl and ideal.
Personal adornment.
She, beautifully dark. Described as golden, naturally golden. She would glitter a lot.
Milky, pearl-like skin.
Combed her hair with a bone comb.
Bare breasted on ceremonial occasions, inspiring admiration and fear.
Deities, the goddess of doves.
Eyes for the Spartan princess.
Helen, forever then linked with passion and pain.
I spent the entire summer looking for Helen.
Every Greek man, even today is still in love with her.
A golden apple for the fairest.

Paris, he too, perfectly beautiful.
A peacock.

Helen, a victim or a harlot?
She follows Paris.
The Iron Age. The chariot at war.

She'd inspired desires, fantasies and fear for millennia's."


Helen of Troy documentary.

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