“Elena” the tragedy of the great ancient Greek playwright Euripides (480 406 BC) e. ). The plot is based on a legend, according to which the Trojan War began because of the ghost of beautiful Elena, and her gods themselves were kidnapped and taken to Egypt. In Egypt, she is pursued by the beloved king Theoklimen, she hides from him and unexpectedly meets her husband Menelaus... Other works of Euripides that have survived to this day are “Iphigenia in Tauris”, “Phoenicians”, “Ion”, “Orest”, “Bakhanki”, “Iphigenia in Awlida”, “Kiklop”, “Electra”. The authority of Euripides in world literature is undeniable. His tragedies hundreds of years later were imitated by many famous playwrights. His immortal works have been translated into different languages of the world.