num_pages: 213
description: Among the legends of ancient Greece, there is perhaps no story more compelling than that of Helen. Her surpassing beauty was said to have launched the Greek fleet of a thousand ships to Troy. No woman was so adored and so hated. She was seen as both prize and scapegoat, the promise of bliss and the assurance of doom.
language: English
title: Helen
titlecomplete: Helen
characters: Helen of Troy
genres: Mythology, Greece, Theatre, Tragedy, Drama, Plays, Greek Mythology, Poetry, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 2085
publisher: Bristol Classical Press