I thank thee, Menelaus, if thou wilt slay that wife of thine. Yet shun the sight of her, lest she smite thee with regret. For she ensnares the eyes of men, o’erthrows their towns, and burns their houses, so potent are her witcheries! Well I know her; so dost thou and those her victims too.
Essentially "the face that launched 1000 ships" she has an inhuman quality to her that makes her irresistable and the cause of great calamity.
