# Helen — Agamemnon character guide

> Helen in Agamemnon by Aeschylus.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Helena

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

Wife of Menelaus, whose abduction by Paris caused the Trojan War, often blamed for the bloodshed.

## Relationships

### [Zeus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agamemnon_se/characters/zeus)

_family_

Helen is the daughter of Zeus, but her role as the cause of the Trojan War brings divine judgment.

### [Priam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agamemnon_se/characters/priam)

_family_

Helen is Priam's daughter-in-law through marriage to Paris, but her abduction triggers the war.

## In the story

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/agamemnon_se/chapters/endnotes)

Her name is analyzed in the context of the nature of language; a wraith of Helen is seen haunting the palace in a vision.

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