 A popular theme, "The Request of Helen" (Helenes Apaitesis, Ἑλένης Ἀπαίτησις), was the subject of a drama by Sophocles, now lost.Homer paints a poignant, lonely picture of Helen in Troy.She is filled with self-loathing and regret for what she has caused; by the end of the war, the Trojans have come to hate her.