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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.
