Helen of Sparta is Super Fly
Helen of Sparta was bangin’. I think we can all agree to that based on the myths. Based on her legendary hotness, our celebrities today don’t really compare. The fine ass that was Helen of Sparta (later of Troy) started a WAR, people. A war that lasted ten years. I’m sure everyone was very pleased with Paris’s decision.
The Trojan War is one of the most famous myths in the world. From it sprang other myths (the Odyssey, for example) and stories of heroes as well as terrible movies and books (I’m looking at you Orlando Bloom). There’s a lot to love about it and a lot of different ideas and themes to take from it. One could see the war as occurring due to the inherent evil in women as Helen is the single cause of all of the destruction. I’m sure this was a popular one for a long time. Personally, I see an interesting theme about not knowing the far-reaching consequences of one’s actions. Paris of Troy was a coward and a romantic, he clearly never intended to cause trouble, but by choosing to follow his heart rather than his head, he inadvertently caused the deaths of a great many people on both sides of the war as well as his own, in the end. That’s a pretty powerful message and one that is almost more true today than it was then.
I know I skipped some elements of the actual story here, but such are comics. In the myth, each goddess offers a bribe to Paris before his judgment is given and in some versions, Aphrodite even disrobes entirely to increase her chances of winning. Hera offers Paris kingship over Asia, Athena offers prowess and victory in battles, while Aphrodite simply offers the love of any woman he pleases. It goes to show the power that love has over the human heart and mind that he passes up some pretty incredible gifts for the love of a woman.
hahaha there’s 4 punchlines in this one comic. i love it. and also yes paris of troy does kind of look like Alex. I can’t unsee it!
haha, this is awesome. I like the way Paris is so wannabe gangsta.
Allsssoooo. I notice Athena has her trusty owl, is he as dire as this one:
http://allofthisistrue.tumblr.com/post/427240374
hahaha, thats the sketchy version of me. But behavior wise you couldn’t have been more accurate!
This makes me happy. I always thought that whole scene with Paris was absolutely ridiculous. I would like to see how would handle the scene where the girls got the apple from Eris in the first place though. that shit would be SO GREAT.
At least some great and not so moral products were named after the war…..
TROJANT MAN!
…..Don’t judge me >.>
@Benedict That owl picture is absolutely incredible. It has made my morning haha
Why did they care so much about what Paris thought?
@K Haha, yeah. When I first saw it I thought: Happle Tea!
Yeah, why did Paris get to judge? Man’s an idiot and a coward. Stupid Paris.
Anyone with half a brain would have picked Hera because she is the very reason began to fear a woman scorned. Scary, she is.
NOOOO! I trusted you!
I’d take the win all battles, take over Asia (Keep my new land ‘cuz you know if you just took Asia outright you would get slaughtered even worse), and get all the ladies (or in my own case, hot dudes, but that would require a gender re-haul of the whole myth. [Why would they ask a chick who is the fairest?] Now you are imagining all the goddesses as men. Even Athena. Your welcome.)
Just had to pop in and say that Paris didn’t pick Helen. He was just promised the most beautiful woman. Not to mention that Helen was cursed to be an adulterer.
I’ve always hated this myth. So much unnecessary trouble, when he could’ve just chosen Aphrodite herself and been done with it. Would’ve been a much more interesting and less bloody story.