person
Helen
also: Ἑλένη
Wife of Menelaus, whose abduction to Troy by Paris caused the Trojan War; back in Sparta, she recognizes Telemachus by his likeness to Odysseus and recounts Odysseus's spying mission into Troy.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §2.157 Helen
Wife of Menelaus, whose abduction to Troy by Paris caused the war; in Book 3 she names the Achaean champions to Priam from the walls, torn between longing for her old home and her new life with Paris.
- The Odyssey §4.1 Helen
Menelaus's wife, whose abduction by Paris caused the Trojan War; she recognizes Telemachus at sight and later recounts Odysseus's spy mission into Troy.
- The Odyssey §4.183 Argive Helen
Recurring epithet for Helen in this book.
Mentioned in 2 works (51 mentions)
The Iliad
- §2.157 Helen
- §2.173 Helen
- §2.337 Helen
- §2.441 Helen
- §3.111 Helen
- §3.139 Helen
- §3.161 Helen
- §3.182 Helen
- §3.205 Helen
- §3.276 Helen
- §3.324 Helen
- §3.369 Helen
- §3.418 Helen
- §3.456 Helen
- §3.59 Helen
- §3.86 Helen
- §4.1 Helen
- §4.104 Helen
- §6.286 Helen
- §6.311 Helen
- §6.343 Helen
- §6.344 Helen
- §7.344 Helen
- §7.400 Helen
- §8.41 Helen
- §9.115 Helen
- §9.205 Helen
- §9.308 Helen
- §11.120 Helen
- §11.368 Helen
- §11.472 Helen
- §13.754 Helen
- §19.315 Helen
- §22.99 Helen
- §24.760 Helen