Helena_(niece_of_Justin_II)

Helena (niece of Justin II)

Helena (niece of Justin II)

Niece of Byzantine Empress Sophia

Helena (Greek: Ἑλένη) was a niece of Byzantine Empress Sophia, the wife of Emperor Justin II. She is known only because of Georgios Kedrenos and the Suda.[1] They mention a statue of her in the Milion, alongside statues of Sophia and Arabia of Justin II.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Suda, mu, 1065
  2. [2]
    Janin (1950), 104
  3. [3]
    PLRE IIIa, p. 586

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.
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