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HELEN.
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Menelaus.

Through courses seven of circling years I passed, 775
Besides those ten years in the land of Troy.


Helen.

Alas, toil-tried, thou nam'st a weary space!
Yet, thence escaped, thou meetest murder here.


Menelaus.

How mean'st thou?—what say'st thou?—thy words are death!


Helen.

Flee hence; with all speed get thee forth this land.[1] 780
Thou shalt be slain by him whose are these halls.


Menelaus.

What have I done that meriteth such doom?


Helen.

Coming unlooked-for thou dost thwart my marriage.


Menelaus.

How?—purposeth some man to wed my wife?


Helen.

Yea, to repeat all tyrannous wrong I have borne. 785


Menelaus.

In his own might—or despot of the land?

  1. ↑ This line is commonly rejected, being regarded as an interpolation from Phœnissae, 972, and as destroying the balance of the stichomuthia.
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