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| Season = 1 | | Season = 1 | ||
| Episode = 12 | | Episode = 12 | ||
| 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]] | ||
Revision as of 05:24, 22 March 2007
| Xena: Warrior Princess episode | |
|---|---|
| “Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts” | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 12 |
| Guest star(s) | Galyn Goerg (Helen); Scott Garrison (Perdicas); Cameron Rhodes (Deiphobus); Warren Carl (Paris); Ken Blackburn (King Menelaus); Adrian Keeling (Miltiades) |
| Writer(s) | Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster (teleplay); Roy Thomas & Janis Hendler (story); Jim Prior (editor) |
| Director | T.J. Scott |
| Production no. | #76914 |
| Original airdate | 1996 Jan. 15 |
| Episode chronology | |
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| "The Black Wolf" | "Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards" |
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.