Helen of Troy: What did she look like The Trojan War & Facial Re-Creations | Royalty Now

How do we re-create the “face that launched a thousand ships”? What a question this is. Since Helen’s 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 author’s own idea of what the perfect woman looks like. My goal with the re-creation 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 Guide’s 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 Re-creation Let’s first start with some descriptions of Helen that we’ll use as a jumping off point for the re-creation. Homer’s works barely give us anything - we get three descriptors: “White-armed”, “Long-Dressed” and “Lovely Haired”. In a surviving poem fragment by Sappho,