4. Helen’s Divine Beauty: Asset or Liability? No rounded discussion of the beauty of Helen would be complete without an inclusion of the divine nature to which her beauty is credited. Throughout the work we, as readers, can infer subtle allusions focused at Helen’s divine heritage, one such line can be found in her mention of the ‘day my mother gave me to the world’ mentioned earlier within the discussion of book six. This line summons to mind, the well-known tale of Helen’s creation, she was conceived