Helen of Troy
The English Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn De Morgan portrayed a sexually assertive Helen in her 1898 painting "Helen of Troy". Salvador Dalí was obsessed with Helen of Troy from childhood and saw his wife Gala Dalí and the surrealist character Gradiva as the embodiments of Helen. He dedicates his autobiography "Diary of a Genius" to "my genius Gala Gradiva, Helen of Troy, Saint Helen, Gala Galatea Placida."