Helen of Troy
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).
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.
1000 Ships Launched by Helen's Face (Helen of Troy)
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.
The Face That Launched 1000 Ships (The Face of 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.
Helen of TroyHelen of Sparta'The face that launched a thousand ships'
Helen of Troy.
Said by her in Iliad: "There was a world... Or was it all a dream?"Said by someone else about her: "The face that launched a thousand ships."
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.