Helen of Troy conjures the song epithalamium Spartan women sung at Platanistas commemorating the marriage of Helen and Menelaus: Helen's worship was also present on the opposite bank of Eurotas at Therapne, where she shared a shrine with Menelaus and the Dioscuri. The shrine has been known as "Menelaion" (the shrine of Menelaus), and it was believed to be the spot where Helen was buried alongside Menelaus. Despite its name, both the shrine and the cult originally belonged to Helen; Menelaus was added later as her husband. Isocrates writes that at Therapne Helen and Menelaus were worshiped as gods, and not as heroes.
Helen of Troy character Gradiva as the embodiments of Helen. He dedicates his autobiography "Diary of a Genius" to "my genius Gala Gradiva, Helen of Troy, Saint Helen, Gala Galatea Placida." John Erskine's 1925 bestselling novel "The Private Life of Helen of Troy" portrayed Helen as a "sensible, bourgeois heroine", but the 1927 silent film of the same name, directed by Alexander Korda, transformed Helen into "a shopaholic fashion maven". In 1928, Richard Strauss wrote the German opera "Die ägyptische Helena" ("The Egyptian Helena"), which is the story of Helen and Menelaus's troubles when they are marooned on a mythical island. The 1951