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Menelaus.

I blame it not: mine own hard lot I moan.


Portress.

Many be fortune-crost, not thou alone.


Menelaus.

Is he within then, whom thou namest king? 465


Portress.

This is his tomb: his son rules o'er the land.


Menelaus.

Where then is he? Within, without the halls?


Portress.

Nay, not within. Grim foe to Greeks is he.


Menelaus.

And what the cause, whereof I feel the effects?


Portress.

Zeus' daughter Helen is within these halls. 470


Menelaus.

How say'st thou?—what thy tale?—speak yet again.


Portress.

Tyndareus' child, who erst in Sparta dwelt.


Menelaus.

Whence did she come? What may this matter mean?

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