Helen of Troy.
It was Paris who took Helen into Troy and so began the war we know as the Trojan War.
Helen of Troy, previously Helen of Sparta. She was kidnapped by Prince Paris of Troy because she was so beautiful, and her father the king of Sparta launched a thousand ships to save her.
This was said about the beautiful Helen of Troy. The quote is from the play 'Doctor Faustus' by Christopher Marlowe (c. 1600).
This is a quote from Christopher Marlowes Dr Faustus. It is spoken when the devil (Mephistopheles) shows the spirit of Helen of Troy.
Helen was the wife of Agamemnon , King of Sparta. She went to Troy with Paris and in so doing caused the Trojan War. She is described as "The face that launched a thousand ships" Helen's sister was married to Agamemnon and later killed him. Helen was married to Menalaus.
The ancient city of Troy, whose beautiful Helen of Troy was at one point captured, subsequently launching a thousand ships for her rescue (the face that launched a thousand ships).
Helen of Troy
Was this the face that launch'd a thousand shipsAnd burnt the topless towers of Ilium?This was written by Christopher Marlowe in Doctor Faustusin sometime between 1590 and 1604.
According to legend, the war which lead to the fall of Troy was over a woman, the beautiful "Helen", she whose face launched a thousand ships.
The face that launched a thousand ships.
No. In the tale of Paris and Helen, aka the Trojan War, the "Face That Launched A Thousand Ships" was Helena's, because she was so beautiful that (basically) the war was started over her.
Helen of TroyHelen of Sparta'The face that launched a thousand ships'
"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?" "Beauty is a curse on the world. It keeps us from seeing who the real monsters are."
Helen, after Helen of Troy, the face that launched a thousand ships.
Helen of Troy was kidnapped, and she was said to have a face that launched a thousand ships.
Helen of Troy was kidnapped, and she was said to have a face that launched a thousand ships.
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