Euripides' Helen

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ancient Greek tragedy dramatic work play

Euripides' Helen is an ancient Greek tragedy that reimagines the myth of Helen of Troy by portraying her as an innocent woman whose phantom caused the Trojan War while she remained in Egypt.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Helen (play by Euripides) 1
Helen (play) by Euripides 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
dramatic work ⓘ
play ⓘ
approximateDateOfFirstPerformance 412 BC ⓘ
author Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn myth of Helen of Troy ⓘ
centralCharacter Helen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Menelaus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theoclymenus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theonoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
chorus Greek women of Egypt ⓘ
deityInvolved Aphrodite NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dioscuri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hermes NERFINISHED ⓘ
dramaticStructure episodes ⓘ
exodos ⓘ
parodos ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
stasima ⓘ
dramaticTone mix of tragic and comic elements ⓘ
firstPerformanceFestival City Dionysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
influenceOn later reinterpretations of Helen myth ⓘ
literaryDevice metatheatrical reflection on myth ⓘ
literaryTradition Attic drama ⓘ
manuscriptTradition Medieval Byzantine manuscripts ⓘ
modernReception frequently studied in classical scholarship ⓘ
mythologicalInnovation Helen never went to Troy ⓘ
narrativeDevice escape plot by sea ⓘ
recognition scene between Helen and Menelaus ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
plotDevice phantom Helen causes the Trojan War ⓘ
portrayalOfHelen faithful wife to Menelaus ⓘ
innocent of adultery ⓘ
questionedTradition Homeric account of the Trojan War ⓘ
setting Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
palace of Theoclymenus in Egypt ⓘ
subgenre tragicomedy ⓘ
survivalStatus extant ⓘ
theme appearance versus reality ⓘ
fate and divine intervention ⓘ
identity ⓘ
illusion ⓘ
marital fidelity ⓘ
reputation and slander ⓘ
war and its causes ⓘ
title Helen NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Helen → associatedWork → Euripides' Helen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Helen (play by Euripides)
Menelaus → mentionedIn → Euripides' Helen ⓘ
Helen of Troy in The Trojan Women → relatedWork → Euripides' Helen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Helen (play) by Euripides