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Well... I was watching the documentary about Helen of Troy on Viasat History and she had a very interesting look about her in this documentary. She looked very unlike the usual sunny haired Greek goddess lookalike.
This is more according to the times of the Trojan wars, which happened during the late Bronze age.
Anyway, the dress is inspired by the Minoan dresses, I know Helen was a Spartan and even turned into a sort of Deity after she came back, but I have no reference to dresses that is not ancient Athenian in origin.
[i]Menelaus had demanded that only he should slay his unfaithful wife; but, when he raised his sword to do so, the sight of her beauty (breast) caused him to let the sword drop from his hand.[/i]
This part of the story is the reason as to why I drew her showing her breasts, Menelaus is struck by the beauty of her breasts and drops his sword and takes her back with him. They return to Sparta where she live as his Queen only to later ascend into Olympus. She is continued to be worshiped by the Spartan people until the defeat of the Spartan army in 371BC at the Battle of Leuctra. They remained for a while but their dominance as a Greek City-state was over. During the Roman era they were a tourist attraction for rich Romans.
This is more according to the times of the Trojan wars, which happened during the late Bronze age.
Anyway, the dress is inspired by the Minoan dresses, I know Helen was a Spartan and even turned into a sort of Deity after she came back, but I have no reference to dresses that is not ancient Athenian in origin.
[i]Menelaus had demanded that only he should slay his unfaithful wife; but, when he raised his sword to do so, the sight of her beauty (breast) caused him to let the sword drop from his hand.[/i]
This part of the story is the reason as to why I drew her showing her breasts, Menelaus is struck by the beauty of her breasts and drops his sword and takes her back with him. They return to Sparta where she live as his Queen only to later ascend into Olympus. She is continued to be worshiped by the Spartan people until the defeat of the Spartan army in 371BC at the Battle of Leuctra. They remained for a while but their dominance as a Greek City-state was over. During the Roman era they were a tourist attraction for rich Romans.
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Bettany Hughes, in her book about Helen, gives the interesting point that Menelaus drops his sword at the sight of Helen not entirely out of lust/reawakened feelings for her but rather by the reminder that she is still the reason that he is king; she is the queen regent of Sparta, she is a daughter of Zeus, she is the sovereign of Laconia, where he is more of a Prince Albert to her Victoria. She's still a powerful, well-connected queen. And that she's Zeus' daughter, he can't exactly take the chance of hurting her without incurring the wrath of Zeus.
That aside, I am still astounded at how wonderfully-drawn this is! The Mycenaeans really were influenced by Minoan culture! If Queen Eleni actually existed, she would have looked something like this rather than dressed in Classical Greek attire.
She definitely has that look of pride about her; she knows that she's not only beautiful, she's the queen and Zeus' daughter, therefore she commands respect. She certainly has her famous kharis ("grace", "charm") about her!