Helen
quoted 17 times by 6 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Helen the figure
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
14 quoted · 3 reported
16 neutral 1 refutedin the voice of Aphrodite 2 , Chorus 2 , Menelaus 2 , Alexander (Paris) 1 , Andromache 1 , Chorus Leader 1 , Dioskouroi 1 , Hecuba 1 , Hektor 1 , Iris 1
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6 works-
in the voice of Aphrodite
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Iliad Homer 7 neutral 7 citations
The goddess's words are given as direct speech introduced by 'she plucked her by perfumed robe and said.'
Then she went to call Helen, and found her on a high tower with the Trojan women crowding round her.
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in the voice of Teucer
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Helen Euripides 3 neutral 1 refuted 4 citations · 7 passages
Teucer's first words upon seeing Helen constitute a direct accusation and curse, mistaking her for the woman who ruined him.
Helen!
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in the voice of Andromache
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The Trojan Women Euripides 3 neutral 3 citations · 17 passages
Andromache directly laments over her son Astyanax, curses Helen as the ultimate cause of the child's death, and asks to be hidden away in her grief.
Andromache:
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in the voice of Chorus Leader
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Electra Euripides 1 neutral 1 citation
The Chorus Leader accuses Helen of causing the sufferings of the Hellenes and Electra's house.
Helen, your mother’s sister, is the cause of many evils to the Hellenes and to your house.
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in the voice of Chorus
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Iphigenia in Tauris Euripides 1 neutral 1 citation · 4 passages
The Chorus's second stasimon is a direct choral utterance reflecting on the strangers' voyage and voicing a wish for vengeance against Helen.
Chorus:
iphigenia in tauris ¶ -
in the voice of Menelaus
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Chrestomathy Proclus 1 neutral 1 citation
The text explicitly reports Menelaus's instruction to Helen before he departs for Crete.
And after this Menelaus sails off to Crete, charging Helen to provide the strangers with what they need until they depart.
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