Helen of Troy — The Rest Is History Vault

First Episode Appearance: 6. Troy23 Nov 2020
Last Episode Appearance: 602. Greek Myths: Zeus, King of the Gods (Part 1)21 Sept 2025
Year Range: 2020 – 2025

The Rest Is History episodes about Helen of Troy

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6. Troy
2020-11-23
It’s been described as the most legendary story ever told. But did the Trojan War actually happen? And was it really fought over a beautiful woman? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss an endurin…
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457. Helen of Troy: Queen of the Greek Myths (Part 1)Part 1
2024-06-02
From the Helen of Troy: Queens, Bloodlines, and the Legacy of Myth
The story of Helen of Troy, her remarkable birth and her infamous love affair with Paris, the Trojan prince, resounds across the centuries. A figure of condemnation, pity and tragedy, her beauty set i…
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458. Helen of Troy: A Family of Blood (Part 2)Part 2
2024-06-05
From the Helen of Troy: Queens, Bloodlines, and the Legacy of Myth
In 1870 the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann - a man of remarkable energy, desperately fascinated with Helen of Troy - discovered in Turkey the burnt remains of what he claimed to be the legen…
Helen of Troy Troy Classical Greek World Greek Mythology
602. Greek Myths: Zeus, King of the Gods (Part 1)Part 1
2025-09-21
From the Greek Myths: Gods, Prophecies, Tragedies & Heroes
What are the mythic origins of Zeus, King of the Olympians, and the other Greek gods? From what period did the earliest of the Greek myths derive? Who was Hesiod - alongside Homer, the greatest of the…
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