The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.1838 Wednesday, 6 October 2004
[1] From: Peter Bridgman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 5 Oct 2004 13:37:26 +0100
Subj: Re: SHK 15.1825 Question on Measure for Measure
[2] From: Sarah Cohen <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 05 Oct 2004 08:15:50 -0700
Subj: Question on Measure for Measure / Millihelens
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From: Peter Bridgman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 5 Oct 2004 13:37:26 +0100
Subject: 15.1825 Question on Measure for Measure
Comment: Re: SHK 15.1825 Question on Measure for Measure
David Evett writes ...
>I believe that's a microhelen. Millihelens darken the entire Aegean
>with ships.
I think you mean kilohelens. A millihelen (helen times ten to the minus
three) is a unit of beauty sufficient to launch one ship. A microhelen
(times ten to the minus six) would be sufficient to launch part of a
plank, i.e. a total minger.
Peter Bridgman
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From: Sarah Cohen <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 05 Oct 2004 08:15:50 -0700
Subject: Question on Measure for Measure / Millihelens
A millihelen is one thousanth of a helen, the quantity of beauty
required to launch a single ship. To darken the Aegean with ships would
probably take a thousand helens, or a kilohelen. A microhelen is a
millionth of a helen, which would launch driftwood. [Think of
millimeters, kilometers, and micrometers.]
Juliet's rating is at least one millihelen. Her beauty is sufficient to
launch one ship, steered by Romeo:
I am no pilot, yet wert thou as far
As that vast shore wash'd with the farthest sea,
I should adventure for such merchandise.
Sarah Cohen
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