She was praised as the most desirable of women. Thousands of men went mad because of her. The Trojan War began because of her. The Achaeans meant to stone Helen to death, but when they saw her naked, they dropped their weapons…
What else do we know about Helen the Beautiful? Almost nothing! Even now, she’s considered nothing more than the archetypal “blonde” from jokes, a silly girl with a weak front, whose fault it was that the greatest city of the ancient world fell.