Eventually, after the events of the Trojan War, Helen was seized by her husband, Menelaus, who swore that he'd kill her. She managed to seduce him, and when they landed home after ten years, he was more than willing to forget the incident and take her back again. After Menelaus died, she went to the queen of Rhodes for help. Unfortunately, Queen Polyxo bore a grudge against Helen because her own husband had been killed in the Trojan War. In revenge, Polyxo and her handmaidens dressed up as the Furies and hung Helen from a plane tree.
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
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.
Helen of Troy.
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.
Take your pick:Helen of Troy (whose face launched a thousand ships),The Shulamite (for whom Solomon wrote the Song of Songs),Cleopatra (the last pharaoh of Egypt, and Julius Caesar's lover),________ (*insert current favorite celebrity here*).
The phrase "a face that could launch a thousand ships" refers to someone whose beauty is so extraordinary that it could inspire immense actions or events. It is often associated with Helen of Troy, whose beauty was said to have sparked the Trojan War, leading to the launch of a thousand ships by Greek forces to retrieve her. The expression highlights the power of beauty and its potential to influence significant outcomes.
Helen of Troy, whose face launched a thousand ships...
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Aryabhata
Poetically, Helen wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, whose treasure she stole when she ran off with Paris of Troy.
Aryabhata