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| Names        = Helen of Troy
| Occupation =  Most Beautiful Woman in the World
| Works        = Greek Myth
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==Basic elements of story of Helen==
==Basic elements of story of Helen==


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* [[Euripedes]], ''[[Helen]]''
* [[Euripedes]], ''[[Helen]]''
* ''[[The Cypria]]'' (ancient epic)
* ''[[The Cypria]]'' (ancient epic)
* ''[[The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927 film)|The Private Life of Helen of Troy]] (1927 film)
* ''[[The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927 film)|The Private Life of Helen of Troy]]'' (1927 film)
* ''[[Helen of Troy (2003 TV miniseries)|Helen of Troy]]" (2003 TV miniseries)
* ''[[Helen of Troy (2003 TV miniseries)|Helen of Troy]]'' (2003 TV miniseries)
* ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974 TV series)|Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]" episode "[[The Youth Killer]]" (a villainous Helen sacrificed young people throughout history to retain her own youth and beauty)
* ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974 TV series)|Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]'' episode "[[The Youth Killer]]" (a villainous Helen sacrificed young people throughout history to retain her own youth and beauty)
* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' episode "Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts".  Helen portrayed by Galan Görg, aka Gaylyn Görg, Galyn Görg, a woman of color. A rather feminist Helen: The common characterization of Helen, trapped and feeling to blame; but Xena gives her choice. "What do you want to do?" "No one has ever asked me before." ... Later Xena tells hershe tells Paris that she will leave him because he wanted to own her, not love her.
* ''[[Troy (2004 film)|Troy]]'' (2004 film)
* ''[[Troy (2004 film)|Troy]]'' (2004 film)
* "[[Arms and the Woman]]" by [[James Morrow]] (1991)
* [[Sheri Tepper]], ''[[The Gate to Women's Country]]''
* [[Sheri Tepper]], ''[[The Gate to Women's Country]]''
* "[[Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts]]" episode of [[Xena: Warrior Princess]]
* ''[[Nobody's Princess]]'' by [[Esther M. Friesner]] (2007)
* "Behind the Mask" by [[Cherry Potts]]


[[Category:Mythological female characters]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Mythological characters]]

Latest revision as of 05:36, 27 April 2007

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