Helen (play)
| Helen | |
|---|---|
Helen of Troy by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1863) | |
| Written by | Euripides |
| Chorus | Greek Slave Women |
| Characters | Helen Teucer Menelaus Proteus First Messenger Second Messenger Theonoe King Theoclymenus Servant Castor |
| Mute | Polydeuces |
| Date premiered | 412 BC |
| Place premiered | Athens |
| Original language | Ancient Greek |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Setting | Palace of Theoclymenus in Egypt |
Helen (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē) is a drama by Euripides about Helen, first produced in 412 BC for the Dionysia in a trilogy that also contained Euripides' lost Andromeda. The play has much in common with Iphigenia in Tauris, which is believed to have been performed around the same time period.