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Box office. $3.2 million (US rentals) [ 2] Helen of Troy is a 1956 epic historical drama film, based on Homer 's Iliad and Odyssey. It was directed by Robert Wise, from a screenplay by Hugh Gray and John Twist, adapted by Hugh Gray and N. Richard Nash. The music score was composed by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Harry Stradling Sr, who ...
Helen. Helen ( Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, romanized : Helénē[ a] ), also known as Helen of Troy, [ 2][ 3] Helen of Argos, or Helen of Sparta, [ 4] and in Latin as Helena, [ 5] was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. She was believed to have been the daughter of Zeus and Leda or Nemesis, and ...
Original release. Network. USA Network. Release. April 20, 2003. ( 2003-04-20) Helen of Troy is a 2003 British-American television miniseries based upon Homer 's story of the Trojan War, as recounted in the epic poem, the Iliad . The series was entirely shot on location in Malta .
Troy is a 2004 epic historical war film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by David Benioff. Produced by units in Malta, Mexico and Britain's Shepperton Studios, the film features an ensemble cast led by Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson and Orlando Bloom. It is loosely based [ 3] on Homer 's Iliad in its ...
t. e. The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the 12th or 13th century BC. The war was waged by the Achaeans ( Greeks) against the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
17 February. ( 2018-02-17) –. 7 April 2018. ( 2018-04-07) Troy: Fall of a City is a British-American historical drama television miniseries based on the Trojan War and the love affair between Paris and Helen. The show tells the story of the 10-year siege of Troy, set in the 13th century BC.
The Trojan Women ( Ancient Greek: Τρῳάδες, romanized : Trōiades) is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, produced in 415 BCE. Also translated as The Women of Troy, or as its transliterated Greek title Troades, The Trojan Women presents commentary on the costs of war through the lens of women and children. [ 1]
Cassandra was a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her elder brother was Hector, the hero of the Greek- Trojan War. The older and most common versions of the myth state that she was admired by the god Apollo, who sought to win her love by means of the gift of seeing the future.