In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rodriguez, Katherine C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Rebecca Smyth [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 8:06 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: VIRGIL: Helen's Abduction >> >>I think the question is not whether Helen minded being given to Paris. One >>way of looking at this event is to actually see how Helen as a person >>actually could have acted given the situation she was in. It seemed as if she >>was unhappy about it, but did not seem to do anything about this fate that is >>given to her. She does not make a stand, appears to have no choice and does >>not make a choice. You can also see how she allowed herself to be >>manipulated. You can ask your students if they feel Helen was afraid of the >>goddess, Aphrodite. >>I hope this helps. >> >>Katherine Rodriguez
These questions fascinated antiquity too: different writers gave different answers. Nicander (fragment 108,in Parthenius _Erot. path._ 34) appears to have made her unwilling (at least he said that she bore Paris a son 'in bitter woe'); contrast the cynicism of Ovid's Oenone: 'Quae totiens rapta est, praebuit ipsa rapi' (Heroides 5. 132). Leofranc Holford-Strevens *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808(home)/267865(work) fax +44 (0)1865 512237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
