Helena (niece of Justin II)

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. Suda, mu, 1065
2. Janin (1950), 104
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.