Helena (niece of Justin II)
Helena (Greek: Ἑλένη) was a niece of Byzantine Empress Sophia. She is known only because Georgios Kedrenos and Suda,[1] they mention a statue of her in the Milion, alongside statues of Sophia and Arabia, respectively the wife and daughter of Justin II.[2][3]
Sources[]
- Janin, Raymond (1950). Constantinople Byzantine. Paris: Institut Français d'Etudes Byzantines.
- Martindale, John Robert; Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin; Morris, John (1992). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume III: AD 527–641. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20160-8.
References[]
- ^ Suda, mu, 1065
- ^ Janin (1950), 104
- ^ PLRE IIIa, p. 586
Categories:
- Justinian dynasty
- 6th-century Byzantine people
- 6th-century Byzantine women
- Byzantine people stubs