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	\| Airdate = 1996 Jan. 15		\| Airdate = 1996 Jan. 15
	\| Production = #76914		\| Production = #76914
	\| Writer = Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster (teleplay); Roy Thomas & Janis Hendler (story); Jim Prior (editor)		\| Writer = Adam Armus & [[Nora Kay Foster]] (teleplay); Roy Thomas & [[Janis Hendler]] (story); Jim Prior (editor)
	\| Director = T.J. Scott		\| Director = T.J. Scott
	\| Guests = Galyn Goerg (Helen); Scott Garrison (Perdicas); Cameron Rhodes (Deiphobus); Warren Carl (Paris); Ken Blackburn (King Menelaus); Adrian Keeling (Miltiades)		\| Guests = Galyn Goerg (Helen); Scott Garrison (Perdicas); Cameron Rhodes (Deiphobus); Warren Carl (Paris); Ken Blackburn (King Menelaus); Adrian Keeling (Miltiades)

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	A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story. Helen, feeling trapped in a war she doesn't want, sends for Xena to help fix things. Gabrielle encounters her former fiancé Perdicas, fighting for Troy, and is impressed by the new warrior-Perdicas. Paris' brother Deiphobus turns out to be a bad guy, in league with the Greeks against his own people just so he can get Helen. Helen is not so interested in begin gotten. Xena fixes everything.		A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story. Helen, feeling trapped in a war she doesn't want, sends for Xena to help fix things. Gabrielle encounters her former fiancé Perdicas, fighting for Troy, and is impressed by the new warrior-Perdicas. Paris' brother Deiphobus turns out to be a bad guy, in league with the Greeks against his own people just so he can get Helen. Helen is not so interested in begin gotten. Xena fixes everything, and has some empowering moments with Helen.

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* Xena has some empowering moments with Helen.		Helen was portrayed by Galan Görg, aka Gaylyn Görg, Galyn Görg, a woman of color. (The two most beautiful women in the ancient world, Helen of Troy and Cleopatra, were both portrayed by women of color on Xena.)
	==Xena~~'s Helen==~~

	~~''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' episode "[[Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts]]"~~		This is a rather feminist take on the Helen story, recognized as such by [[Ms. Magazine]]<ref>{{cite}}</ref>:

	~~Helen was portrayed by Galan Görg, aka Gaylyn Görg, Galyn Görg, a woman of color--a relative rarity.~~

	This is a rather feminist take on the Helen story:
	It starts with the common characterization of Helen, trapped and feeling to blame; but it's made clear that the fall of Troy is not Helen's fault, but the fault of "two kings ... bent on destruction" (Xena).		It starts with the common characterization of Helen, trapped and feeling to blame; but it's made clear that the fall of Troy is not Helen's fault, but the fault of "two kings ... bent on destruction" (Xena).

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	A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story.		A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story.

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 A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story. Helen, feeling trapped in a war she doesn't want, sends for Xena to help fix things. Gabrielle encounters her former fiancé Perdicas, fighting for Troy, and is impressed by the new warrior-Perdicas. Paris' brother Deiphobus turns out to be a bad guy, in league with the Greeks against his own people just so he can get Helen. Helen is not so interested in begin gotten. Xena fixes everything.
 * Xena has some empowering moments with Helen.
 ==Intertextuality==

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	\| Airdate =		\| Airdate = 1996 Jan. 15
	\| Production =		\| Production = #76914
	\| Writer =		\| Writer = Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster (teleplay); Roy Thomas & Janis Hendler (story); Jim Prior (editor)
	\| Director =		\| Director = T.J. Scott
	\| Guests =		\| Guests = Galyn Goerg (Helen); Scott Garrison (Perdicas); Cameron Rhodes (Deiphobus); Warren Carl (Paris); Ken Blackburn (King Menelaus); Adrian Keeling (Miltiades)
	\| Episode list = [[List of Xena episodes]]		\| Episode list = [[List of Xena episodes]]
	\| Prev = [[The Black Wolf (Xena episode)\|The Black Wolf]]		\| Prev = [[The Black Wolf (Xena episode)\|The Black Wolf]]
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			A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story. Helen, feeling trapped in a war she doesn't want, sends for Xena to help fix things. Gabrielle encounters her former fiancé Perdicas, fighting for Troy, and is impressed by the new warrior-Perdicas. Paris' brother Deiphobus turns out to be a bad guy, in league with the Greeks against his own people just so he can get Helen. Helen is not so interested in begin gotten. Xena fixes everything.

			* Xena has some empowering moments with Helen.

			==Intertextuality==
	A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story.		A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story.



	[[Category:Xena episodes]]		[[Category:Xena episodes]]

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	A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story.		A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story.

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	\| Prev = [[~~Hooves and Harlots~~]]		\| Prev = [[The Black Wolf (Xena episode)\|The Black Wolf]]
	\| Next = [[Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards]]		\| Next = [[Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards]]
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 A [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] retelling of the [[Helen of Troy]] story.
 [[Category:Xena]]
 [[Category:TV episodes]]