At 08:43 AM 6/25/2003 -0400, you wrote:
At 5:02 AM +0000 6/25/03, olympus-digest wrote:
>Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:26:02 -0500
>From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] Filter question for portraits
>
>[snip] ... With men, the filter will enhance a ruddy
>look and make prominent the "character" of an older one's face (e.g. the
>Ancient Mariner's "face that launched a thousand ships").
Umm. "The face that launched a thousand ships" was Helen of Troy, and the
ancient sources all report that she didn't look like an ancient
mariner. Not at all.
Joe Gwinn
The phrase is from Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus." Mephistopheles gives him a
glimpse at the famous Helen and perhaps a bit of a romp.
Joel W.
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