Explanatory narrative in troy, by kim shahabudin university of reading 8. He kills hector and desecrates the body, and is killed by paris immediately afterward. Homers iliad is a much richer experience which a movie probably could not capture. The fate of troy, by stephen scully boston university 9. Before the opening of hostilities, the greeks dispatched a. He sent me to troy with strict instructions to be the best ever, better than all the rest, and not bring shame on the race of my fathers. Mar 15, 2016 in helen of troy 1956, paris is a tragic hero, helen voluntarily elopes, and the evil greeks use the phony abduction as a pretext to attack and loot troy. Biography of helen of troy, cause of the trojan war. It is loosely based on homer s iliad in its narration of the entire story of the decade. Helen of troy wiley online books wiley online library.
The helen of troy we get here, as played by diane kruger, looks more like helen. In a similar fashion to leighton, gustave moreau depicts an expressionless helen. Helen of troy is a character in homer s classic epic poem, the iliad, written in the 8th century about the trojan war, imagined by the greeks to have occurred about 500 years earlier. From homer to hollywood is a comprehensive examination of the ways in which helen s story has been told and retold from the ancient world to the present day. Helen on the ramparts of troy was a popular theme in the late 19thcentury art seen here a depiction by frederick leighton. May 19, 2004 when paris collected on this promise, helens husband, menelaus, king of sparta, didnt take it well, and called in help from his brother, agamemnon, king of mycenae, and set sail for troy and. Two emerging nations begin to clash after paris, the trojan prince, convinces helen, queen of sparta, to leave her husband, menelaus, and sail with him back to troy. From homer to hollywood is a comprehensive literary biography of helen of troy, which explores the ways in which her story has been told and. Whether the trojan war actually took place there is a matter of debate. In this wideranging literary biography, laurie maguire analyzes ongoing debates about helen s sexual culpability, as seen through the prism of societys evolving attitudes to issues such as beauty and rape. From homer to hollywood was not the book i expected.
Laurie e maguire in an engaging and original new work filled with scholarly insights, helen of troy takes readers on an epic voyage into the literary representations of a woman who has wielded a great influence on. She was daughter of zeus, either by leda or by nemesis, and sister of the dioscuri. Takes readers on an epic voyage into the literary representations of a woman who has wielded a great influence on western cultural consciousness for more than three. In troy, hollywood sidesteps homers iliad spectacle, good cast, brad pitt in a tunic mitigate weak plot. The movie is much more hollywood than homer but is great entertainment and has a. From homer to hollywood is a comprehensive literary biography of helen of troy, which explores the ways in which her story. Oct 17, 2014 even though troy did not follow the iliad that well and left out the gods, it was entertaining. Troy is a 2004 epic historical war drama film directed by wolfgang petersen and written by david benioff. The iliad describes the conflicts between achilles and his leader, agamemnon, and between greeks and trojans, following the abduction of agamemnons sisterinlaw, helen of sparta aka helen of troy, by the trojan prince paris. James holoka, professor foreign languages and history at eastern michigan university, who notes that despite this list he did enjoy the movie. The difference between hollywoods troy and homers history. In this wideranging literary biography, laurie maguire analyzes ongoing debates about helen s sexual culpability, as seen through the prism of societys evolving attitudes.
After menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the trojans, he asks his brother agamemnon to help him get her back. Apr 09, 2018 the bloody, eightpart epic retelling of the trojan war has now made its way to netflix viewers in the u. From homer to hollywood, paperback by maguire, laurie. Aug 26, 2017 troy is an ancient city in turkey that has long been identified as being the setting for homer s the iliad. Laurie maguire sets out her approach to this work in. From homer to hollywood is a comprehensive literary biography of helen of troy, which explores the ways in which her story has been told and retold in almost every century from the ancient world to the modern day. Oct 07, 2010 laurie maguires literary biography of helen of troy makes us face up to moral ambiguities as it tracks the most beautiful woman in the world across time and across media, from homer to hollywood, as her subtitle has it. Smellin of troy what follows is a partial list of discrepancies between troy the bigbudget hollywood movie and troy the epic poem and archeological history. Helen of troy vs helen of illiad the ancient world in film blog. From homeric contemplation to hollywood fantasy the 2004 movie troy, scripted by david benioff and directed by wolfgang petersen, is the latest in a series of films that feature the world famous lovers helen and paris. Fall of a city, coproduced with the bbc, is most obviously based on homer s account of the trojan war in the iliad, but there are a number of other historical. Produced by units in malta, mexico and britains shepperton studios, the film features an ensemble cast led by brad pitt, eric bana, and orlando bloom. May 15, 2019 helen of troy is a character in homer s classic epic poem, the iliad, written in the 8th century about the trojan war, imagined by the greeks to have occurred about 500 years earlier. Sep 20, 2015 helen of troy vs helen of illiad posted on september 20, 2015 by deniz korman most contemporary movies, especially hollywood movies, adhere to a set of rules that are based on our cultural values and have proven to be successful.
Nov 15, 2018 sword and sandal classic drama roman movie helen of troy is a 2003 television miniseries based upon homer s story of the trojan war, as recounted in the epic poem, iliad. Ive never seen helen of troy, but will have to check it out. Screen adaptations of homer s the iliad tend to focus on either the trojan war or the story of helen of troy. The bloody, eightpart epic retelling of the trojan war has now made its way to netflix viewers in the u. Briseis in homer, ovid, and troy, by alena allen cathedral high school in san diego, california 11.
The film acknowledges its debt to homers iliad but, like ancient works before. Viewers should note the difference between faithful adaptations and. As someone interested in the appearance of classics in film, i was misled by m. Helen of troy is a character in homers classic epic poem, the iliad, written in the 8th century about the trojan war, imagined by the greeks to have occurred about 500 years earlier. Helen of troy, greek helene, in greek legend, the most beautiful woman of greece and the indirect cause of the trojan war. As a young girl she was carried off by theseus, but she was rescued by her brothers. Fall of a city producer on homer, wooden horses and.
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