Helen

ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
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Summary

Helen is a dramatic work[1]. Helen draws 1,386 Wikipedia views per month (dramatic work category, ranking #99 of 285).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Euripides[3]
  • Genre: Greek tragedy[4]
  • Commons category: Helen (Euripides)[5]
  • Language of work or name: Ancient Greek[6]
  • Has edition or translation: Hélène[7], Helen[8], Hélénè[9]
  • Narrative location: Egypt[10]
  • Date of first performance: 412 BC[11]
  • Described by source: Helen[12], Euripides[13], Euripides and His Age[14]
  • Title: Ἑλένη[15]
  • Location of first performance: Theatre of Dionysus[16]
  • Form of creative work: play[17]
  • Entry in abbreviations table: Eur. Hel.[18]

Why It Matters

Helen has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Helen is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Helen. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Helen. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Helen. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Helen. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Helen. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Helen. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Helen. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . perseus.tufts.edu. perseus.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 24
    Bookbrainz work id → 06ab28f7-aa48-48c6-9ccf-1792631f1958
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'is', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'l
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Bookbrainz work id: 06ab28f7-aa48-48c6-9ccf-1792631f1958, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290269|batch #290269]]"
  2. 29d ago · Maculosae tegmine lyncis · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Helen (Euripides)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Commons category: Helen (Euripides)"
  3. 22w ago · JBradyK · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → —
    Aliases → —
    Author → Euripides
    Narrative location → Egypt
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Manto id: 11326766, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778162092118"
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