# Helen — Poetry character guide

> Helen in Poetry by Thomas Gray.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** handy Nelly, Eleanor of Castile

**First appearance:** 0000-ode-on-a-distant-prospect-of-eton-college

## Who they are

Historical figure referenced in the poem's allusions.

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