Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts
| 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.