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Colluthus lived and wrote around 500
a.d.

One of his works was an epic poem to
add to the homeric stories that began
with the tale of troy.

Here is his explanation of the cause of
the war between the greeks and the
trojans.

He adds his own view of helen's role in
the beginning of the 10 year long
battle between heroes.  Centuries of
people have wondered if this most
famous heroine went to troy
willingly or was abducted.  Here is
Colluthus' guess.

the english translation has been done
by A. W. Mair, in the early 1900's in the
scholarly tradition of his time.  

for the first time on the web, read
"the rape of helen" (the poem) by
Colluthus (about the author and the
text).

NOTE!

The word "rape" is translated by Mair
from the Greek word meaning: 'the act
of carrying off by force; rapine;
pillage; robbery' ---- according to
Donnegan's "Greek and english
lexicon".

It can be ALSO BE translated BY the
word
Abduction, see David whitehead's
notes for the entry on Colluthus in
the Suda Online.
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