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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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