Helen — The Trojan Women Character Profile

About Helen

Queen blamed for the Trojan War, faces judgment from her husband.

Helen — Character Profile

Alignment

Neutral

Species

Human

Abilities

Political maneuvering, Rhetorical defense, Beauty

• Strength: 4/10
• Intelligence: 7/10
• Charisma: 9/10
• Morality: 5/10
• Influence: 8/10

Helen's Known Relations

• Iphigenia — Child
• Aganus — Child
• Aethiolas — Child
• Hermione — Child
• Nicostratus — Child
• Pleisthenes — Child
• Bunicus — Child
• Euphorion — Child
• Morraphius — Child
• Idaeus — Child
• Corythus — Child
• Thronius — Child
• Helena — Child
• Achilles — Spouse
• Paris — Spouse
• Menelaus — Spouse
• Deiphobus — Spouse
• Theseus — Spouse
• Leda — Mother
• Zeus — Father
• Clytemnestra — Sibling
• Castor — Sibling
• Pollux — Sibling
• Achilles — Unmarried partner
• Paris — Unmarried partner
• Lynceus — Unmarried partner
• Idas — Unmarried partner
• Corythus — Unmarried partner
• Theoclymenus — Unmarried partner
• Enarephoros — Unmarried partner

Helen appears in 3 titles

• Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) — character page
• The Trojan Women (1971)
• Troy (2004) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Irene Papas

Appears in

The Trojan Women (1971)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Helen — Romantic Former Husband — Menelaus (Patrick Magee)

  Their former marriage becomes the basis of Helen's impending judgment.

  Helen waits to learn whether she will live or die at the hands of her former husband Menelaus.

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