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FAUSTUS: 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. —
      [They kiss]
   Her lips suck forth my soul: see, where it flies! —
   Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again.
      [They kiss again]
   Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips,
   And all is dross that is not Helena.

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Act 5, sc. 1 (sc. 13), l. 1358ff (1594; 1604 “A” text)

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Marlowe, Christopher - The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Act 5, sc. 1 (sc. 13), l. 1358ff (1594; 1604 "A" text) | WIST Quotations

FAUSTUS: 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. — [They kiss] Her lips suck forth my soul: see, where it flies! — Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. [They kiss…

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Simon Roy Hughes 🧌 ⬋⬋⬋Feb 3

Nobody whose descriptions of Helen (nominally of Troy) have survived the ages ever met her; she's a legendary figure from a mythological past. Accounts (text, sculpture, image) tell us more about the proclivities of those who gave them than of the woman herself.

#HelenOfTroy

Eugenia L Feb 2

Helen of Troy being played by Lupita Nyong'o. As a Greek myself, it does bother me & almost every other Greek I know, as it's simply not historically accurate. Lupita is very beautiful, but she's not Homer's girl.

People from ANY other kingdom or race in ancient Greece were ending up becoming slaves. I believe that it's beneficial to show how BAD things were, rather than adding a modern cultural spin to it. The ancient world SUCKED. Fact.

#troy #movies #greece #helenoftroy #greek #iliad #film

j43147 :pentagram:Jan 6

The Metal music industry made a deal with Prometheus to fornicate with his e.coli offspring and leave the true soulmate in the Milgram experiment. Hundreds of us for Prometheus' hearts desire. They made a deal with Prometheus, not the Devil.
#twinflamewars #milgram #milgramexperiment #magnafrisia #helenoftroy #franzferdinand #moonlanding #eisenhoweralienagreements #prometheus #desmondhart

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j43147 :pentagram:Jan 4

@ChrisMayLA6 Within the year the Netherlands is going to blow according to predictions... We call it the Twinflame wars.. #helenoftroy #franzferdinand #moonlanding

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j43147 :pentagram:Jan 4

the original Twinflames are the missing Moonlanding never collected by their soulmates for the Nazi whores they are with. #helenoftroy #franzferdinand

INKONST Nov 17

Några behind-the-scenes från repetitionerna av föreställningen Norma Jeane Baker av Troja (av Anne Carson). Snart är det PREMIÄR här på Inkonst i Olof Runstens regi, och med Dramageddon som producerar. På bilderna kan ni bland annat se exempel på den otroliga kostymen och scenografin av Tove Dreiman.

I Norma Jeane Baker av Troja möter vi Helena av Troja och Norma Jeane av Los Angeles (Marilyn Monroe). Två ikoner med årtusenden emellan, men som binds samman av skönhetens destruktiva kraft.

https://inkonst.com/en/event/norma-jeane-baker-av-troja-av-anne-carson/

🗓️ 21-23/11
⏰ 19.00 (23/11 15.00)
📍 Inkonst, Bergsgatan 29
🎟️ 175/250:-

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Aug 26, 2025

A quotation from Euripides

HELEN: Men think me wicked, though I did no wrong:
   And for the innocent to bear the load
   Of guilt is worse than wickedness itself.

[ἙΛΈΝΗ: πρῶτον μὲν οὐκ οὖσ᾽ ἄδικος, εἰμὶ δυσκλεής:
   καὶ τοῦτο μεῖζον τῆς ἀληθείας κακόν,
   ὅστις τὰ μὴ προσόντα κέκτηται κακά.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 270ff (412 BC) [tr. Sheppard (1925)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/78601/

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