LEADER 03647nam 2200637 450 001 9910466444803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-7422-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400874224 035 $a(CKB)3810000000018931 035 $a(EBL)2058524 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001530127 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12630299 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001530127 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11522887 035 $a(PQKB)10739563 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2058524 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001756061 035 $a(OCoLC)966825862 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse55864 035 $a(DE-B1597)460027 035 $a(OCoLC)919854792 035 $a(OCoLC)984686465 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400874224 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2058524 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11095037 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL826170 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000018931 100 $a20141027h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStealing Helen $ethe myth of the abducted wife in comparative perspective /$fLowell Edmunds 210 1$aPrinceton ;$aOxford :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (449 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-20233-8 311 $a0-691-16512-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Figures --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$t1. "The Abduction of the Beautiful Wife" as International Tale --$t2. Dioscuri --$t3. Helen Myth --$t4. Hypostases of Helen --$t5. Helen in the Fifth Century and After --$tConclusion --$tAppendix 1. Examples of "The Abduction of the Beautiful Wife" --$tAppendix 2. Inventory of Art Objects --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex Locorum --$tGeneral Index 330 $aIt's a familiar story: a beautiful woman is abducted and her husband journeys to recover her. This story's best-known incarnation is also a central Greek myth-the abduction of Helen that led to the Trojan War. Stealing Helen surveys a vast range of folktales and texts exhibiting the story pattern of the abducted beautiful wife and makes a detailed comparison with the Helen of Troy myth. Lowell Edmunds shows that certain Sanskrit, Welsh, and Old Irish texts suggest there was an Indo-European story of the abducted wife before the Helen myth of the Iliad became known. Investigating Helen's status in ancient Greek sources, Edmunds argues that if Helen was just one trope of the abducted wife, the quest for Helen's origin in Spartan cult can be abandoned, as can the quest for an Indo-European goddess who grew into the Helen myth. He explains that Helen was not a divine essence but a narrative figure that could replicate itself as needed, at various times or places in ancient Greece. Edmunds recovers some of these narrative Helens, such as those of the Pythagoreans and of Simon Magus, which then inspired the Helens of the Faust legend and Goethe. Stealing Helen offers a detailed critique of prevailing views behind the "real" Helen and presents an eye-opening exploration of the many sources for this international mythical and literary icon. 606 $aAbduction in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAbduction in literature. 676 $a809/.93353 700 $aEdmunds$b Lowell$0206633 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466444803321 996 $aStealing Helen$92491531 997 $aUNINA