Helena (niece of Justin II) explained

Helena (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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]}

Sources

• Book: Janin , Raymond . Constantinople Byzantine . Institut Français d'Etudes Byzantines . Paris . 1950.
• Book: Martindale, John Robert . Jones . Arnold Hugh Martin . Morris . John . The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume III: AD 527–641 . Cambridge, United Kingdom . Cambridge University Press . 1992 . 0-521-20160-8.

Notes and References

1. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/mu/1065 Suda, mu, 1065
2. Janin (1950), 104
3. PLRE IIIa, p. 586