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Helen

Wife of Menelaus, carried off by Paris; 'Tyndareus's daughter'. Made to lure Polyxena to the sacrifice under pretense of marriage, she defends herself as herself a victim of the war.

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Mentioned in 3 works (10 total)

The Trojan Women tragedy · 6 mentions
Agamemnon tragedy · 3 mentions
Moral Letters to Lucilius philosophy · 1 mention

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