Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Helen’s Eidolon: The Phantom at Troy (Stesichorus / Euripides)
  Trojan — variant of Helen’s role in the war · Stesichorean palinode + Euripides *Helen* (eidolon at Troy; real Helen in Egypt)
• Helen in Egypt: Recognition and Escape (Euripides)
  Trojan — Euripidean *Helen* / post-Troy Egypt plot · Attic tragic — Menelaus finds the real Helen; eidolon vanishes; escape from Theoclymenus

Places appearing with them

• Amyclae
• Assembly
• Egypt
• Mycenae
• Phoenicia
• Sea off Egypt
• Shore

Themes

• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Theft
• War