[Helen Watches the Greeks Arrive to Troy] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Helen Watches the Greeks Arrive to Troy]
Subject: Trojan War; Helen; Paris
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Troy; Asia Minor
Description: This image depicts Helen of Troy, previously of Sparta, looking out through a window with Paris of Troy as they watch the ships of the Greeks arrive to their walled city. The soldiers on the ships have their spears drawn as they prepare for what will become the ten year Trojan War. The Trojan War began because Helen, wife of King Menelaus of Lacedaemon (Sparta) went to Troy with Prince Paris, whether she went willingly or unwillingly is still uncertain.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19945
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris
Image: mta_19945_OBJ.png