# Helen of Troy — Fifty-One Tales character guide

> Helen of Troy in Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Helen

**First appearance:** 0024-a-mistaken-identity

## Who they are

The legendary beauty, appears in a tale.

## In the story

### [The Raft-Builders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/the-raft-builders)

Referenced as the subject of Homer's raft, symbolizing the fragile legacy of art.

### [The Guest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/the-guest)

Referenced in the young man's musings about beauty and mortality.

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