Helen’s mother was a Greek and Zeus seems to be Greek in myths where he takes on human forms, so it makes a lot of sense for Helen to be portrayed as Greek
No, Helen hatched from an egg, and Greek people don’t do that, but swans do, and Zeus was in swan form when he got Leda pregnant, so it makes no sense for her to look Greek.
It makes perfect sense for her to look like a swan.
But there’s a definitive narrative tradition. Just because Rome and Juliet aren’t real, it doesn’t change the fact that they’re medieval Veronans, making a depiction of Romeo as an Italian more accurate than one of him as Chinese
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u/Sagelegend 13d ago
Why would you hire a greek actress? Helen’s father was a swan.