Here we see Helen receive a triumphant piggy-back ride from her lover and captor as they flee the city. This one is right in the middle. Nothing to be done about it. You just come find me in Troy if you want me to come home later.
Helen looks more miffed than anguished, and the fellow brandishing the short sword on the far left side of the line is doing so rather wanly. Two stars. This is a good kidnapping! Helen is trying to avoid being dragged onto what appears to be a third of an actual boat, and there are people actively fighting over her in the background.
This has all of the hallmarks of an abduction, but no one is actually behaving as if one is currently going on. All the soldiers are just standing around looking at one another. Masterpieces of the J. Italian and Spanish Sculpture: Catalogue of the J. Field Projects Dept. Science Dept. The Abduction of Helen by Paris. No Copyright - United States. Front Right side Back Left side.
Object Details. Object Number:. Signature s :. See more See less. Object Description The subject of this tabletop bronze comes from Greek mythology. Provenance Provenance - Bibliography Baldinucci, Filippo. Bazin, Germain. There he learned that during his absence, the Dioscuri Castor and Polydeuces had sacked Aphidnae and perhaps Athens as well , rescued their sister, and abducted and enslaved Aethra.
The Athenians were furious that Theseus had brought on this attack with his vainglorious abduction of Helen. By the time he returned, the Athenians had ousted Theseus as king. Menestheus had assumed the throne? Unable to wrest back the throne, Theseus took refuge on the Aegean island of Scyrus. Lycomedes, the king of the island, put on a show of welcoming Theseus. But secretly, the king envied his guest's fame and the reverence that his own people showed this stranger.
Perhaps he feared that the Scyrians might replace him with his guest. Whatever his reasons, Lycomedes gave Theseus a shove while they were walking along a cliff or maybe Theseus just? The exiled hero plunged to his death. Long after his death, the image of Theseus, fully armed, arose and helped Athenians to victory over the Persians in the Battle of Marathon B. When the Persian Wars ended, the bones of Theseus were restored to Athens for burial.
The renowned monster-slayer and great king of Athens finally reaped the well-deserved honors that his follies had for too long overshadowed.
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