Helen’s famous face has been disfigured, presumably by her angry husband, Menelaus; the sorceress Circe uses her witchcraft in self-defense, seemingly as a result of traumatic encounters with men.
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Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
17 July 2026
Helen’s face is shown to be disfigured as well, due to supposedly an attack in the Trojan War.
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