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From Lacedæmon hither journeyed she.

When? (aside) Never stolen from the cave—my wife! 475

Ere the Achaians, stranger, fared to Troy.
But thou, begone: somewhat hath chanced within
Whereby the palace is disquieted.
Thou art come in evil hour, and if my lord
Find thee, thy stranger's welcome shall be death. 480
Well-wisher unto Greeks am I, although
Harsh words I gave for terror of my lord.

What shall I think?—what say?—for lo, I hear
Of imminent ills hard-following on the old,
If I have brought the wife I won from Troy 485
Hither, and safe within the cave she lies,
Yet in these halls another woman dwells
Who bears the selfsame name as mine own wife!
Yon woman named her born of Zeus, his daughter.
Can any man that bears this name of Zeus 490
By Nile's banks dwell?—Sooth, one is he in heaven.
And where hath earth a Sparta, save alone
There where Eurotas' streams are fair with reeds?—
One only bears the name of Tyndareus:—
Is there a land twin-named with Lacedæmon 495
Or Troy?—I know not what to say hereof:
For on the wide earth many, as men grant,
Bear like names, city bearing city's name,