The face that launched a thousand ships has a voice, although Helen never uses it to explain why she eloped with someone as profoundly unattractive as the entitled Paris.
30 May 2019, The Tablet
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A detail from The Loves of Helen and Paris, 1788, by Jacques-Louis David
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