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The Abduction of Helen of Troy.



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In Greek Mythology, in a wedding in Mount Olympus, Paris, Prince of

Troy, had judged a beauty pageant between Hera, Athena, Aphrodite,

and a return for awarding her a golden apple inscribed "to the fairest,"

Aphrodite promised Paris the most beautiful woman in all the world.

During this time, it was generally agreed that this "most beautiful

woman" was none other than Helen. Problem was Helen was married to

Menelaus, king of Sparta. But, why let a little thing like abduction of a

married woman get between a celestial promise? After concluding a

diplomatic mission to Sparta during the latter part of which Menelaus

was absent to attend the funeral of his maternal grandfather Catreus in

Crete, Paris ran off to Troy with Helen in tow despite his brother Hector

forbidding her to depart with them. Invoking the oath of Tyndareus,

Menelaus and his hot tempered brother, Agamemnon raised a fleet of

one thousand ships according to legend and went to Troy to secure

Helen's return, and a little boot, to boot; the Trojans kinda thought they

had a right to keep her, especially as she was now known as "Helen of

Troy", a moniker she was to keep until my high school days when I had

to slog through "The Iliad" by kerosene lamp late at night as mosquitoes

buzzed around my head. 'Course the Greeks had an answer to Paris,

the same answer George W Bush had to Saddam Hussein in 1990,

except that even though the Greeks won this war, the Trojans actually

won the historical coolness battle. After all, she's still Helen of Troy (I

just checked again), and there was still "The Trojan Horse", even though

the Greek built it and sweated it out while the stupid Trojans dicked

around with it for who knows how long. Today, there are a million

"Trojans", including USC, even condoms, whereas Greeks are just

famous for yogurts, dates, and Yanni.

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Your tenacity to read under hard conditions with a lamp and mosquitos all around tell me you are a worrier of a kind that never gives up! I love the story with so many interesting details and the ending with so many legacies from the Trojans including Condoms! I was in one of my assignments at the court house many years ago, and I saw a little commotion of three young female public defenders around a police officer. It so happens that they were pointing to his name tag and making comments and laughing. I slowly approached very incognito and what a surprise when I saw his name, it was, "CONDOM" and he was all smiles. I heard him said that many people have something to say about his last name. Great image and story my friend.
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I must say, my imagination is subpar but I really like your interpretive story and the photo is superb as well... Mike

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Hi Emmanual. Thanks for posting a great story to go along with this beautiful image, you have captured the essence of this lily in a very poetic and artistic way. Wonderful light and B/W suits this so well. Great work! Best wishes. Sarah.

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