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[wangfeel]

In "The cry "Gold!" probably launched more ships that a hundred Helens of Troy." ,

what is Helens of Troy?

A lot of paper currency?

I can't look it up in my dictionary. help me , please?
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[bud]

Look up Helen of Troy (singular). If it isn't in the dictionary, then try the web or an encyclopedia. I know little of her story.

Your sentence is supposing that if there had been 100
Helens (plural) instead of only one...

Hope that helps.

[Smee]

Wangfeel,
I'm familiar with the story of Helen of Troy.It comes from The Iliad, an epic porm by Homer. Paris, a well known Trojan, kidnapped Helen who was Menelao's wife and he managed to get the help of the Greek to recover her. The Greek sent their war ships (lots of them) and the war of Troy began (all this seems to have happened around 800 B.C.).
What you quoted seems to measure the value of the cry "Gold!" because it might make fleets move in order to get it as 100 Helens could have made.
Regards.
Jorge

[bud]

Great explanation, Jorge! Thank you.

[wangfeel]

I see.

Helen must be a woman worth dying for by men.

He he it's what they called metaphor, right.... thanks a lot.
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Stay or leave has no sense
Clouds curling and stretching
Like or dislike is no surprising " from old Chinese saying