Question
This character was defended with the line that "it is an equal error…to blame the praiseworthy and to praise the blameworthy" in an encomium by Gorgias. In a namesake play, this character swears an oath to the river Eurotas before asking about the fate of her husband. This character escapes with her presumed dead husband after promising to marry (*) Theoclymenus, an Egyptian king, in a play by Euripides. Euripides also wrote about this character as part of the title group of women in a play where it is revealed at the end that she avoided her death sentence from her husband, Menelaus. For 10 points, what Greek woman is known as the "face that launched 1000 ships" because her capture started the Trojan War? ■END■
ANSWER: Helen [or Helen of Troy; or Helen of Sparta; or Helene ("heh-LAY-neigh")]
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 42 | 100% | 5% | 0% | 111.05 |