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EURIPIDES.

Helen.

And thou Menelaus!—I know not what to say.


Menelaus.

Thou nam'st me truly, a man most evil-starred. 565


Helen (clasping hint).

O thou to thy wife's arms returned at last!


Menelaus.

Wife?—thou my wife! Touch not my vesture thou!


Helen.

Wife—whom my father Tyndareus gave to thee.


Menelaus.

Light-bearer Hekatê, send gracious visions![1]


Helen.

No phantom handmaid I of the Highway Queen. 570


Menelaus.

I am but one—no lord of two wives I!


Helen.

And of what wife beside me art thou lord?


Menelaus.

Whom the cave hides, whom I from Phrygia brought.

  1. ↑ Spectres and phantoms were regarded as the attendants of Hekatê. See note on Ion, 1048.
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