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To: Centurion2000

Eris threw the golden apple into a party (at which She had not been invited!) The apple said "For the Fairest!". Juno, Minerva and Venus all claimed it. Jupiter refused to arbite (being wise) but a young man, Paris agreed to be their judge. Each offered him appropriate bribes, but what won his heart was the promise of Venus to give him the most beautiful woman in the world as his wife.

That was Helen, sister to Castor and Pollux, who all the kings of Greece had agreed to defend. Hers was the face that launched a thousand ships.

From that comes a measure of beauty. A millihelen is beauty enough to launch one ship....


16 posted on 09/13/2006 8:18:58 PM PDT by donmeaker (If the sky don't say "Surrender Dorothy!" then my ex wife is out of town.)
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To: donmeaker
A millihelen is beauty enough to launch one ship.

Nicely done :)

20 posted on 09/13/2006 8:21:00 PM PDT by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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To: donmeaker
Eris threw the golden apple into a party (at which She had not been invited!) The apple said "For the Fairest!".

Excellent ... did not know that even if I remember the story. :)

22 posted on 09/13/2006 8:24:11 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Property tax is feudalism. Income taxes are armed robbery of the minority by the majority.)
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To: donmeaker
That was Helen, sister to Castor and Pollux, who all the kings of Greece had agreed to defend. Hers was the face that launched a thousand ships.

It were no shame to fight for one as fair as she.

42 posted on 09/13/2006 8:45:44 PM PDT by stripes1776
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To: donmeaker
From that comes a measure of beauty. A millihelen is beauty enough to launch one ship....

And a millihelenthomas is enough of the contrary to launch one ship the other way.

As for Eris, I look forward to seeing the new classroom displays this spring.

55 posted on 09/13/2006 9:15:39 PM PDT by Lonely Bull
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