"A face that could launch a thousand ships"

[Lugh]

sighs

 

I need help.

 

I'm looking for phrases that have the same or similar meaning to

 

"A face that could launch a thousand ships"

 

 

if you have any ideas I would appreciate them.

 

 

thank you,

Lugh

[Bondwriter]

All the "ice melting" phrases can't work? (Actually, I wasn't too sure of what this phrase meant, and googling it landed me on the hangrightpolitics site, which didn't yield any significant explanation)

 

Do you, or does anyone know where this phrase come from?

[Lugh]

it was used at one point to describe the beauty of helen of troy...

[Bondwriter]

Oh, Ok, this makes a lot of sense now. So you want some slightly martial phrase? A serious tone? Could it be a bit humorous?

[glomph]

Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships

And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?

Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.

 

from Marlowe's Doctor Faustus

 

Not to be confused with the Helenisms of Helen of New York, recombinant linguistics. See also the thread about incest between clones' offspring.

[glomph]

Not to mention

 

If a picture paints a thousand words,

Then why can't I paint you?

The words will never show the you I've come to know.

If a face could launch a thousand ships,

Then where am I to go?

There's no one home but you,

You're all that's left me too.

And when my love for life is running dry,

You come and pour yourself on me.

 

If a man could be two places at one time,

I'd be with you.

Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way.

If the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die,

I'd spend the end with you.

And when the world was through,

Then one by one the stars would all go out,

Then you and I would simply fly away

[Kanaye]

Does "a crowning beauty" mean the same thing? I always thought it did. You know, a princess would never get the crown if she wasn't beautiful, right?

 

Well, I guess you can also think about beauty queens and how only the prettiest and best one gets the crown. I was a very sheltered child growing up, (we were only allowed to watch tv on holidays that had parades on tv. Like the macey's perade) so, I never thought about the second meaning until I was much older.

 

Even now, I usually think of princesses so...

[C James]

sighs

 

I need help.

 

I'm looking for phrases that have the same or similar meaning to

 

"A face that could launch a thousand ships"

if you have any ideas I would appreciate them.

thank you,

Lugh

 

A face shining with such beauty that the sun itself shied away, seeking refuge beyond the western hills, unable to share the heavens with its brighter rival.

[Graeme]

I'm not sure if this is helping Lugh or not. I didn't respond the first time I saw this because I couldn't think of anything....

 

Lugh -- are you looking for a rewording of this phrase, a phrase that indicates a great beauty, or a phrase that means a beauty people would fight over?

 

They're not the same thing and it may help focus ideas.

[Conner]

A face shining with such beauty that the sun itself shied away, seeking refuge beyond the western hills, unable to share the heavens with its brighter rival.

 

CJ!!!

 

Beneath the harsh lurker exterior lies a poet! Nay! A Romeo!

 

Ya know, CJ, I could sell that line to my straight friends at $5. a pop??? What do ya say?

 

Conner

Edited July 21, 2007 by Conner

[BeaStKid]

A face shining with such beauty that the sun itself shied away, seeking refuge beyond the western hills, unable to share the heavens with its brighter rival.

 

I agree with Graeme...It is not clear as to what Lugh wants from this phrase. Care to clear the cloud Lugh???

 

The BeaStKid

[JamesSavik]

I don't know about a face that could launch a thousand ships but I've seen a few homely enough to sink a bass boat and put a divorce lawyers kids through school.

[Lugh]

Lugh -- are you looking for a rewording of this phrase, a phrase that indicates a great beauty, or a phrase that means a beauty people would fight over?

 

 

not a rewording but something that has a similar meaning... great beauty / beauty people would fight over... yes that.

 

humor is ok, so is being serious, this is something that will be repeated more than once in the story so some different angles would be nice.

 

Thanks guys.

 

Lugh

[Graeme]

One whose looks makes the rest seem like lesser beings.

 

Compared to a top model, he/she's like perfume to a fart.

 

Rules don't apply if they're the prize at the end.

 

Not the best, but that's what I came up with after a few minute's of thinking. I'll let you know if I come up with any more.

[xander]

Compared to a top model, he/she's like perfume to a fart.

lol, I like this one...

[Rigel]

Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships?

 

Of course, this means that one millihelen is enough beauty to launch one ship.

 

--Rigel

[Ieshwar]

A beauty which Venus (Goddess of Beauty) herself envied?

[Rigel]

The kind of face that could start a clock.

 

--Rigel

[Bob D.]

sighs

 

I need help.

 

I'm looking for phrases that have the same or similar meaning to

 

"A face that could launch a thousand ships"

 

 

if you have any ideas I would appreciate them.

 

 

thank you,

Lugh

 

 

I feel as Author and his knights had seen heaven when we found the grail, but even it seems tarnished and worthless compared to thee.

[Lugh]

you guys are wonderful... thanks for the ideas.

 

 

happy reading!

 

Lugh