# Helen — Poetry character guide

> Helen in Poetry by Oscar Wilde.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Queen Helen

**First appearance:** 0058-the-new-helen

## Who they are

Helen of Troy, the legendary beauty whose abduction sparked the Trojan War.

## In the story

### [Rosa Mystica](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/rosa-mystica)

Invoked in 'The New Helen' as a timeless beauty and cause of the Trojan War, contrasted with the Virgin Mary.

### [The New Helen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/the-new-helen)

The central figure of the poem, addressed as the reincarnated Helen of Troy, whose beauty and divine origin are celebrated.

### [Serenade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/serenade)

Implied as the 'Queen of life and joy' whom the speaker must bear from the Grecian shore to Troy.

### [Humanitad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_18_se/chapters/humanitad)

Mentioned as 'a new Helen' in the Trojan allusion.

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