Helen

E145584

Spartan queen figure in Greek mythology mythological character

Helen is a figure from Greek mythology famed for her extraordinary beauty, whose abduction by Paris sparked the Trojan War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Helen canonical	39
Helen of Sparta	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spartan queen ⓘ figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological character ⓘ
abductor	Paris ⓘ
associatedDeity	Aphrodite ⓘ
associatedPlace	Sparta ⓘ Troy ⓘ
associatedTheme	beauty ⓘ fate ⓘ infidelity ⓘ war ⓘ
associatedWork	Cypria ⓘ Euripides' Helen ⓘ surface form: Helen (play by Euripides) Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Iliad Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Odyssey Oresteia ⓘ
causeOf	Trojan War ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
epithet	Helen of Troy ⓘ surface form: Helen of Sparta Helen of Troy ⓘ
event	abducted or eloped with Paris to Troy ⓘ returned to Sparta with Menelaus after the Trojan War (in most versions) ⓘ
father	Zeus ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Helen ⓘ
influence	Western art ⓘ Western literature ⓘ
literaryTradition	Attic tragedy ⓘ Epic Cycle ⓘ
marriage	married to Menelaus before abduction ⓘ
mother	Leda ⓘ
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
mythVariant	daughter of Zeus and Leda ⓘ daughter of Zeus and Nemesis ⓘ hatched from an egg ⓘ
notableFor	extraordinary beauty ⓘ role in the Trojan War ⓘ
offspring	Hermione ⓘ Megapenthes (mythological) ⓘ surface form: Megapenthes (in some traditions) Nicostratus ⓘ Pleistrus ⓘ surface form: Pleistorus
roleInMyth	cause of conflict between Greeks and Trojans ⓘ prize awarded to Paris by Aphrodite ⓘ
sibling	Castor ⓘ Clytemnestra ⓘ Pollux ⓘ
spouse	Menelaus ⓘ
symbolOf	the most beautiful woman in the world ⓘ
title	Queen of Sparta ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helen of Troy → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Helen of Troy → epithet → Helen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helen of Sparta

Helen Garner → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Helen Fabela Chávez → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Wonderful Town → hasCharacter → Helen ⓘ

Helen Dinsmore Huntington → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Euripides → notableWork → Helen ⓘ

Helen Fielding → givenName → Helen ⓘ

WaterWorld: A Live Sea War Spectacular → hasCharacter → Helen ⓘ

Helen Emma Reaume → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Helen Dortch Longstreet → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Ellen → isVariantOf → Helen ⓘ

Helen Mirren → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Troy → mainCharacter → Helen ⓘ

subject surface form: Troy (film)

Linda Helen Pauling → middleName → Helen ⓘ

Helen Keller → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Helen Sharman → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Elena → isVariantOf → Helen ⓘ

Isocrates → notableWork → Helen ⓘ

judgment of Paris → rewardForParis → Helen ⓘ

subject surface form: Judgment of Paris

Helen Menken → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Trojan Women (Euripides) → featuresCharacter → Helen ⓘ

subject surface form: Trojan Women

Helen Frankenthaler → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Helen Artie Belles → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Paris → spouseOrLover → Helen ⓘ

Maria Edgeworth → notableWork → Helen ⓘ

Megapenthes (mythological) → mother → Helen ⓘ

subject surface form: Megapenthes

Helen Clark → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Cypria → includesCharacter → Helen ⓘ

Helen Herron Taft → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Posthomerica → featuresCharacter → Helen ⓘ

Helen Zakheim → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Pirithous → abducted → Helen ⓘ

Helen Gardner (art historian) → givenName → Helen ⓘ

Troilus and Cressida → featuresCharacter → Helen ⓘ

Helene → derivedFrom → Helen ⓘ

Troades → character → Helen ⓘ

The Destruction of Troy → featuresCharacter → Helen ⓘ

Iliou Persis → featuresCharacter → Helen ⓘ