Hecuba, Queen of Troy, is to become a slave, as are the other women. Helen of Troy, who was the cause of this fierce battle, must now face her punishment for running away from her husband.

Star crossed lovers: Helen and Paris in the BBC/Netflix drama ... None more so than the walled city of Troy, on Turkey's north west coast at the mouth of the Dardanelles. Getty Images Bronze ...

Bettany Hughes is an historian, broadcaster, and author of Helen of Troy, Goddess, Princess, Whore (Pimlico 2013). Here, she writes about the myth of Helen as explored through the ages ...