Helena of Egypt is my first artist in
my awesome ladies series and – just like Sahakdukht and Merit-Ptah,
there's not much known about her.
Her works have been lost to history,
except a mosaic copy found in the ruins of Pompeii.
The work in question is a scene of
Alexander defeating the Persian ruler, Darius III at the battle of
Issus in Asia Minor.
There is a picture of the mosaic, which
I found on theriveriawoman.com.
This post:
https://arthistorygrrrls.com/tag/helena-of-egypt/
says that Helena lived and worked in Egypt in the 4th
century BC. Her father Timon was also an artist and an instructor.
This is a very short post, and it's a
shame that there's so little information on these awesome ladies.
Next up is the first author of the
group – Hypatia. :)
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