Scottish writer Andrew Lang is best remember for his prolific collections of folk and fairy tales, but he was also an accomplished poet, literary critic, novelist and contributor in the field of anthropology. In Lang's Helen of Troy, a story in rhyme of the fortunes of Helen, the theory that she was an unwilling victim of the Gods has been preferred. Many of the descriptions of manners are versified from the Iliad and the Odyssey. The description of the events after the death of Hector, and the account of the sack of Troy, is chiefly borrowed from Quintus Smyrnaeus. The character and history of Helen of Troy have been conceived of in very different ways by poets and mythologists.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	December 30, 2017
ISBN13	9781979940412
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	92
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 5 mm · 136 g
Language	English