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Reflections

Helen: On Beauty and the Limits of Form

Helen: On Beauty and the Limits of Form
Helen of Troy was never simply beautiful.   In the ancient imagination, beauty could seduce, destabilize, and destroy.  This essay follows Helen as a figure through whom the classical world imagined the power — and danger — of ideal form.

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To His Ancilla

To His Ancilla
A gold snake bracelet from Pompeii reveals not romance, but a complex web of power, ownership, and intimacy within Roman domestic slavery.

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