HELEN OF TROY: Was this the Face that Launched a Thousand Ships? In Real Life- Mortal Faces

How Could Helen of Troy have Looked in Real Life? In this Video I transform some of her portraits to see how she might have looked if she were those women in real life. As always, I also dive into her story a bit to give you a little history.

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Helen of Troy is the story of Zeus' daughter with Leda, a human Princess. It occurs around 1200BC in ancient Greece. The story contains many famous Greek mythological figures including, Hercules, Achilles, Aphrodite, and Cupid. Helen of Troy is married to Menelaus and the two become the next King and Queen of Sparta. 10 Years later, Helen gets abducted by Paris, Prince of Troy, and is taken to Troy. This beings the Trojan War to try and get her back, introducing the famous Trojan Horse.

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[bec]

There's no way to tell what Hellen looked like. And don't forget, the ancient Greek idea of beauty was vastly different to ours today.

[Lumosnight]

Helen was an attractive woman, but what made her ‘perfect’ was the fact the was Spartan. Spartan women were educated, exercised a lot and were of strong character - it is the entire package which made her the most beautiful woman in the world, not just a pretty face.

[margaretgonzalez]

This is super interesting & informative. What about doing artists like Jacques Louis David, Courbet, Van Gogh, Cezanne … we only have their self-portraits. It would be interesting to see them animated.

[honeydew]

The first painting by pre raphialite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti had quite a few muses he used to model his paintings. Jane Morris, wife of arts and crafts movement creator William Morris was a common muse. Photographs exist of her so you can actually look them up easily and see how she looked. Other women were also used as muses as well :) just a tidbit

[amandadunn]

I've always been fascinated by Helen of Troy (Sparta). Thank you and I love your work!!

[jennyrose]

I like her. Was said to be blonde blue eyed and very aware and somewhat regretful of all the problems her beauty caused

[hesiod]

Stesichorus maintains that Helen was not taken to Troy at all but a substitute was sent to give Menelaus and more importantly, Agamemnon an excuse to wipe out Trojan influence and take over the eastern trade routes. Greek mythology is a sometimes infuriating study.

[berilsevvalbekret]

To this day I will never understand how Piritous could lack so much braincells that he thought he could kidnap the queen of the dead! Forget Cerberus or Hades Persephone would have just turn them into the chalkout lines.

[ironsnowflake]

Some of these painted portrayals were more ship-launching than others :D 👍
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Love your work!

[andrea]

I’m so happy you did this story. I’d like to think she was as beautiful as in your creations. ☺️

[wills]

Thank you for what you do. The animation and colorization is wonderful to watch. I know there are those who say we really don't know how they looked. However, the history is still very interesting.

[mignonsimonelli]

Would like to see Nell Gwyn. Katherine Swynford, joan the fair maid of Kent, Catherine of Braganza., Barbara palmer, Diane De Poitier. Just some suggestions, thank you! Your postings are do interesting! Thank you

[averagegunplaenjoyerph]

Zeus is always the Glen Quagmire of ancient Greece😂😂😂

[lemonadecupcakes]

So, from what I gather, "daughter of Zeus" or any other god was a euphemism for extramarital.

[patriciaikeda]

King of Egypt protected her? Maybe her real dad not Zeus?

[marymcbay]

Just recently subscribed to you're channel and it's very interesting. I love history and would truly like to see Aethelflaed ( Lady of Mercia) would be very interesting to see a video based upon her.

[nelliethursday]

I have been asking other channels like this about doing Confuicus, Lao Tzu Buddha Sun Tzu and Rumi I would love to see the faces of those who gave us so many beautiful words Hildegard of Bingen would be most appreciated

[etherealvid]

I really enjoy your videos, so glad that I stumbled upon your channel! ❣️ Your content is always so intresting and informative, such a pleasure to watch ✨

[glorymosbyfloyd]

Greek Mythology always interested me
It was always a great read to me in school