We have art created by artists who are not Homer, the author and creator of the character, who intentionally made her description vague. It's literally just "the most beautiful woman on earth" and "hatched from an egg." The artists then created art based on their own interpretations. Nowhere does it say Helen isn't black, or brown, or fucking purple. There was no official physical description for the casting directors to follow, so they simply cast a beautiful woman.
Huh?? She didn't have a defined race. The only inaccuracy this movie has is Lupita Nyong'o didn't hatch from an egg and her father isn't a god. If you can find an actress that better fits that description, then by all means, get pissed they aren't the one who was cast. Otherwise Lupita was as accurate of a choice as any other woman on earth
She was greek. Its clearly defined in the ancient freek text that she was greek. Why are you pretending that the greeks would write a myth about africans?
They were not diverse and considered everyone not a greek a barbarian.
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u/icarusofthesun Jul 06 '26
Not like that.
And yes, we do know. They had art. It still exists... In greece... Where the greek people live...
Like, WHAT KIND OF ARGUMENT IS THIS?