tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post1900072771087567929..comments2024-03-13T14:21:58.106+01:00Comments on Sparta Reconsidered: “Helen of Troy” by Bettany Hughes – A ReviewHelena P. Schraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-61278047333386020392012-04-08T18:02:29.944+02:002012-04-08T18:02:29.944+02:00Hughes is not a scholar but a journalist. In conse...Hughes is not a scholar but a journalist. In consequence, her handling of specific topics is superficial. Her description of Archaic Sparta, the Sparta I know best, was full of the usual misconceptions and misrepresentations. Nevertheless, I found her fundamental thesis, that Helen needs to be viewed and judged as a Bronze Age figure, compelling. Likewise, her resume of artistic portrayals of Helena P. Schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-411408146565509892012-04-08T15:33:44.629+02:002012-04-08T15:33:44.629+02:00Hughes is extremely bias historian, severely influ...Hughes is extremely bias historian, severely influenced by myths...About Sparta especially.<br /><br />Her knowledge of ancient Greek language is appauling as well. Her reading of epitaph of Simonides in some tv show about Sparta,was laughable. She may seem as an expert in Britain, where no1 on subject is Cartledge who claims Spartas had institutionalized pederasty and that there was a short Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com