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EURIPIDES.

Theoklymenus.

Stranger, glad tidings dost thou bring to me. 1250


Menelaus.

For me not glad, nor yet for that dead man.


Theoklymenus.

How do ye bury dead men lost at sea?


Menelaus.

According to the substance[1] of each friend.


Theoklymenus.

If wealth be all, for her sake speak thy wish.


Menelaus.

First is blood shed, an offering to the shades. 1255


Theoklymenus.

The victim?—tell thou, and I will perform.


Menelaus.

Decide thou: that thou givest shall suffice.


Theoklymenus.

My people use to slay a horse or bull.


Menelaus.

If thou wilt give, give worthily of a king.

  1. ↑ Might there be a play on οὐσία, in sense of existence?—"if our friend really exists (as in this case) we should not bury him."
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