Helen of Troy: What did she look like The Trojan War Facial Re Creations, Royalty Now
How do we recreate the face that launched a thousand ships What a question this is. Since Helens story lives in the realm of mythology, it differs depending on who is telling it. Her personality and beauty traits change depending on the author and of course the authors own idea of what the perfect woman looks like. My goal with the recreation here is to make the ideal woman using ancient Greek beauty standards Special thanks to a main source of info for this vid The Life Guides video on Greek Mythology: 0:00 Introduction 0:25 Mythology of the Trojan War 15:21 What did Helen of Troy look like 17:54 Helen Reveal 18:43 Golden Ratio 20:58 Bonus Recreation Lets first start with some descriptions of Helen that well use as a jumping off point for the recreation. Homers works barely give us anything we get three descriptors: Whitearmed, LongDressed and Lovely Haired. In a surviving poem fragment by Sappho,
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