Concerning the ask about Helen; I believe that she is a symbol of how men throughout history have seeked excuses to go into war and prove their worth in the battlefield, therefore she's not to blame. And I'd suggest you read 'Helen' by George Seferis
(...) if it is true that in ages to come another Teucer, some other Ajax Hecuba or Priam or someone perhaps nameless, unknown, who yet has seen Scamander heave with corpses, will be spared the words of messengers coming to say (...)
(...) that so much suffering so many lives went spinning into the abyss all for an empty tunic, for a Helen.
Absolutely! That’s exactly what she is! :D
A bunch of men wanted to go to war for territory and to prove they were better than the “””””other”””””.
But to justify it to their people and to the future, they claimed it was all for the honor of a Greek woman. They said they were just and right in their desire to fight, because they were protecting one of their own.
I mean, if a bunch of kings just said, ‘All right, fellas, I’m gonna ask all of you to die just so I can stroke my ego and increase my lands,’ the people would have been horrified and future generations would see them as the villain.
So Helen was the excuse.
And that poem is so beautiful! Thanks for letting me know about it!!
