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Helen Of Troy.
It is said she was so beautiful and desirable that a war was fought over her. The thousand ships is a reference to the invasion fleet sent into battle.
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Her face is said to launch a thousand ships?
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.
Did the Greeks in the Trojan war have better ships?
If the Trojans had any ships at all, and even if they were better than the Greek ships, the Greeks still had many more ships. Perhaps the "thousand ships" was poetic license, but the Trojans could not possibly have matched the Greeks at sea.
What did the face that launched a thousand ships mean?
It was Paris who took Helen into Troy and so began the war we know as the Trojan War.
What is the definition of allusion 'a face that launched a thousand ships'?
This was said about the beautiful Helen of Troy. The quote is from the play 'Doctor Faustus' by Christopher Marlowe (c. 1600).
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of illium?
This is a quote from Christopher Marlowes Dr Faustus. It is spoken when the devil (Mephistopheles) shows the spirit of Helen of Troy.
Who was the faced that launched a thousand ships was that of?
I believe it was Helen of Troy.
Where did the word 'Trojan' derive from?
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).
What collective noun could be used to describe a thousand ships?
The collective noun armada will serve for any number ships; an armada of a thousand ships. There is no particular word for a thousand of ships.
What was the role of women in the fall of Troy?
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.
What is the name of the song with lyrics 'cause I've sent a thousand ships to you?
If you want to listen to it on you tube than you can type 1000 ships otherwise type in a thousand ships
How many ships were involved in D-day?
five thousand five thousand five thousand five thousand
Who set the sail of a thousand ships and why?
Helen of Troy. She is referred to as the "face that launched a thousand ships". Basically she was kidnapped by Paris of Troy and the Trojan wars erupted to get her back, launching a Spartan invasion (of a thousand ships). The story is part of the myths of Ancient Greece, the actual line "Launched a thousand ships" is from a Marlowe play written in the 1600's based on those myths.
How did the british responded to raids on their ship?
the British responded to the raids on their ships because they captured americans ships and faced them into the british navy.
Whose face launched a thosand ships?
Helen of Troy
What phrase is associated with Helen of troy?
The face that launched a thousand ships.
How many champion ships they won?
A thousand... launched by Helen of Troy...
What is the weight of the ocean liner?
Cruise ships weigh thousand of tons.
