Whose face launched a thousand ships?
Helen (unit) Helen (unit) A helen is a humorous unit of measurement based on the concept that Helen of Troy, from the "Iliad", had a "face that launched a thousand ships". The helen is thus used to measure quantities of beauty in terms of the theoretical action that could be accomplished by the wielder of such beauty. The classic reference to Helen's beauty is Marlowe's lines from the 1592 play "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus", "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?" In the tradition of humorous pseudounits, then, 1 millihelen
A Thousand and One Wives to its "reliable and reserved cinematic language creating a correct historical environment and utilizing glowing and careful acting." A Thousand and One Wives A Thousand and One Wives (, tr. Elef Neshotav Shel Naftali Siman-Tov, literally "Naftali Siman-Tov's Thousand Wives") is a 1989 Israeli independent underground dramatic-historical art film directed by Michal Bat-Adam. In the Bukharim quarter, Jerusalem, during the 1920s, merchant Naftali Siman-Tov () is a wealthy middle-aged widower, all of whose previous wives have died under mysterious circumstances. He fears getting married again due to believing that he is cursed. A local matchmaker, Arotchas (), with the help