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1. don't think about it too hard (or you'll never sleep a wink at night again) by womenofhorror

   Fandoms: The Iliad - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Gen, Other
   • Work in Progress

   21 Apr 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Helen/Menelaus (EPIC: The Musical)
   • Helen of Troy/Menelaus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Helen of Troy & Hermione (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Helen of Troy & Penelope (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Odysseus/Penelope (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Odysseus/Penelope (EPIC: The Musical)
   • Helen of Troy (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Menelaus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Odysseus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Penelope (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Nestor (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Hermione (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Telemachus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Helen of Sparta (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Character Study
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Non-Graphic Violence
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse
   • The Trojan Horse (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • The Trojan Women
   • as in i discuss them a lot (maybe too much)
   • Menelaus loves Helen of Sparta (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • i will make that a tag watch me
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Motherhood
   • Rape Recovery
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Victim Blaming
   • no beta we die like Paris (rest in piss)
   • Recovery
   • Self-Hatred
   • Helen Needs A Hug (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Survivor Guilt
   • the inherent romanticism of murder fantasies
   • Complicated Relationships
   • References to Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
   • Implied/Referenced Sex
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Additional Warnings in Author's Note
   • it physically hurt me to tag helen of troy
   • my girl is spartan put some respect on her name

   Summary

   Helen looked to her right, meeting her expression in the mirror. It was dark, only a few torches lighting the room but she could see herself clearly. Rose golden locks, running down her back. Plush and soft lips, with a well defined cupid’s bow (what an irony). Her face was still youthful, time had not yet touched her skin. Light blue eyes, big and surrounded with dark lashes. A beauty of all of Greece, the most desired woman, the face that made men go to war. Now with bags under her eyes, dead look in them. Covered in blood of her so-called husband, that she was passed on to once her previous owner was buried deep in the ground.

   In that moment, she still looked beautiful. Oh how she wanted to cut her own face, scar it. Or maybe peel her skin off, sell it for a few coins and pass that curse onto someone else. She was beautiful even when she cried out in pain, in agony, when she begged them to stop or just laid down all compliant. And she looked beautiful right now, all red.

   Then, the screaming started.

    

   Or: Helen after the Trojan war, told in vignettes of her life after the city had fallen.

   Series

   • Part 1 of helen of sparta

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   English

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