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EURIPIDES.

Theoklymenus.

How perished this man not, who shared his voyage?


Helen.

Whiles are the base-born more than heroes blest.


Theoklymenus.

And, hither faring, where left he the wreck?


Helen.

Where ruin seize it!—but not Menelaus.[1] 1215


Theoklymenus.

Ruin hath seized him. What ship brought this man?


Helen.

Some, voyaging, found, and took him up, he saith.


Theoklymenus.

Where is that bane, in thy stead sent to Troy?


Helen.

The cloud-wraith mean'st thou? Into air it passed.


Theoklymenus.

O Priam, Troyland, ruined all for nought! 1220

  1. ↑ Helen evades an awkward question, which might lead to a search for the wreck, and to the discovery of the survivors, by the equivalent of "I neither know nor care! Perish the ship, if only Menelaus might not have perished with it!" The king's answer implies "He is past praying for."
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