The Face That Launchd A Thousand Ships Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe foi dramaturgo, poeta e tradutor inglês, e viveu no Período Elizabetano. É considerado o maior renovador da forma do teatro do período com a introdução dos versos brancos, estrutura que será empregada por Shakespeare. Nascimento: 26 de fevereiro de 1564, Cantuária, Reino Unido Falecimento: 30 de maio de 1593, Deptford, Reino Unido Peças: A Trágica História do Doutor Fausto The face that launched a thousand ships Meaning: A reference to the mythological figure Helen of Troy (or some would say, to Aphrodite). Her abduction by Paris was said to be the reason for a fleet of a thousand ships to be launched into battle, initiating the Trojan Wars. Origin: Christopher Marlowe, in Doctor Faustus (variously dated between 1590 and 1604), referring to Helen of Troy, or as Marlowe had it Helen of Greece: The Face That Launchd A Thousand Ships Was this the face that launchd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. Her lips suck forth my soul: see where it flies! Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena. I will be Paris, and for love of thee, Instead of Troy, shall Wittenberg be sackd; And I will combat with weak Menelaus, And wear thy colours on my plumed crest; Yea, I will wound Achilles in the heel, And then return to Helen for a kiss. O, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars; Brighter art thou than flaming Jupiter When he appeard to hapless Semele; More lovely than the monarch of the sky In wanton Arethusas azurd arms; And none but thou shalt be my paramour! youtube/watch?v=44Wa4NOiiQ4
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