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thy advent be� 。�She catches sight of MENELAUS。�� Ha� �who is this�拭�Am
I being snared by some trick of Proteus' impious son�拭�Oh� �let me�察�like
a courser at its speed�察�or a votary of Bacchus�察�approach the tomb� �for
there is something wild about this fellow's looks�察�who is eager to
o'ertake me。
MENELAUS
Ho there� �thou that with fearful effort seekest to reach the
basement of the tomb and the pillars of burnt sacrifice�察�stay thee。
Wherefore art flying�拭�Ah� �with what speechless amaze the sight of thee
affects me��
HELEN
O friends� �I am being ill´treated。 This man is keeping me from the
tomb�察�and is eager to take and give me to his master�察�whose wooing I
was seeking to avoid。
MENELAUS
No robber I�察�or minister of evil。
HELEN
At any rate the garb wherein thou art clad is unseemly。
MENELAUS
Stay thy hasty flight�察�put fear aside。
HELEN
I do so�察�now that I have reached this spot。
MENELAUS
Who art thou�拭�whom do I behold in thee�察�lady��
HELEN
Nay�察�who art thou�拭�The self´same reason prompts us both。
MENELAUS
never saw a closer resemblance。
HELEN
Great God� �Yea�察�for to recognize our friends is of God。
MENELAUS
Art thou from Hellas�察�or a native of this land��
HELEN
From Hellas�察�but I would learn thy story too。
MENELAUS
Lady�察�in thee I see a wondrous likeness to Helen。
HELEN
And I in thee to Menelaus�察�I know not what to say。
MENELAUS
Well�察�thou hast recognized aright a man of many sorrows。
HELEN
Hail� �to thy wife's arms restored at last��
MENELAUS
Wife indeed� �Lay not a finger on my robe。
HELEN
The wife that Tyndareus�察�my father�察�gave thee。
MENELAUS
O Hecate�察�giver of light�察�send thy visions favourably��
HELEN
In me thou beholdest no spectre of the night�察�attendant on the
queen of phantoms。
MENELAUS
Nor yet am I in my single person the husband of two wives。
HELEN
What other woman calls thee lord��
MENELAUS
The inmate of yonder cave�察�whom I from Troy convey。
HELEN
Thou hast none other wife but me。
MENELAUS
Can it be my mind is wandering�察�my sight failing��
HELEN
Dost not believe thou seest in me thy wife��
MENELAUS
Thy form resembles her�察�but the real truth robs me of this belief。
HELEN
Observe me well�察�what need hast thou of clearer proof��
MENELAUS
Thou art like her�察�that will I never deny。
HELEN
Who then shall teach thee�察�unless it be thine own eyes��
MENELAUS
Herein is my dilemma�察�I have another wife。
HELEN
To Troy I never went�察�that was a phantom。
MENELAUS
Pray�察�who fashions living bodies��
HELEN
The air�察�whence thou hast a wife of heaven's workmanship。
MENELAUS
What god's handiwork�拭�Strange is the tale thou tellest。
HELEN
Hera made it as a substitute�察�to keep me from Paris。
MENELAUS
How then couldst thou have been here�察�and in Troy�察�at the same
time��
HELEN
The name may be in many a place at once�察�though not the body。
MENELAUS
Unhand me� �the sorrows I brought with me suffice。
HELEN
What� �wilt leave me�察�and take that phantom bride away��
MENELAUS
For thy likeness unto Helen�察�fare thee well。
HELEN
Ruined� �in thee I found my lord only to lose thee。
MENELAUS
The greatness of my troubles at Troy convinces me�察�thou dost not。
HELEN
Ah�察�woe is me� �who was ever more unfortunate than I�拭�Those whom
I love best are leaving me�察�nor shall I ever reach Hellas�察�my own dear
native land。
��The FIRST MESSENGER enters in haste。��
MESSENGER
At last I find thee�察�Menelaus�察�after an anxious search�察�not till I
have evandered through the length and breadth of this foreign
strand�察�I am sent by thy comrades�察�whom thou didst leave behind。
MENELAUS
What news�拭�surely you are not being spoiled by the barbarians��
MESSENGER
A miracle hath happened�察�my words are too weak for the reality。
MENELAUS
Speak�察�for judging by this haste�察�thou hast stirring news。
MESSENGER
My message is�此�thy countless toils have all been toiled in vain。
MENELAUS
That is an old tale of woe to mourn� �come�察�thy news��
MESSENGER
Thy wife hath disappeared�察�soaring away into the embracing air�察�in
heaven she now is hidden�察�and as she left the hollowed cave where we
were guarding her�察�she hailed us thus�察 �Ye hapless Phrygians�察�and
all Achaea's race� �for me upon Scamander's strand by Hera's arts ye
died from day to day�察�in the false belief that Helen was in the
hands of Paris。 But I�察�since I have stayed my appointed time�察�and kept
the laws of fate�察�will now depart unto the sky that gave me birth�察�but
the unhappy daughter of Tyndareus�察�through no fault of hers�察�hath
borne an evil name without reason。; ��Catching Sight of HELEN�� Daughter
of Leda�察�hail to thee�察�so thou art here after all� �I was just
announcing thy departure to the hidden starry realms�察�little knowing
that thou couldst fly at will。 I will not a second time let thee flout
us thus�察�for thou didst cause tiki lord and his comrades trouble all
for naught in Ilium。
MENELAUS
This is even what she said�察�her words are proved true�察�O
longed´for day�察�how hath it restored thee to my arms��
HELEN
O Menelaus�察�dearest husband�察�the time of sorrow has been long�察�but
joy is now ours at last。 Ah�察�friends�察�what joy for me to hold my
husband in a fond embrace after many a weary cycle of yon blazing lamp
of day��
MENELAUS
What joy for me to hold my wife� �but with all that I would ask
about these years�察�I now know not where I may first begin。
HELEN
O rapture� �the very hair upon my head starts up for joy� �my
tears run down� �Around thy neck I fling my arms�察�dear husband�察�to
hug my joy to me。
MENELAUS
O happy�察�happy sight� �I have no fault to find�察�my wife�察�he
daughter of Zeus and Leda�察�is mine again�察�she whom her brothers on
their snow´white steeds�察�whilst torches blazed�察�made my happy bride��
but gods removed her from my home。 Now is the deity guiding us to a
new destiny�察�happier than of yore。
HELEN
Evil into good transformed hath brought us twain together at last��
dear husband�察�but late though it be�察�God grant me joy of my good luck��
MENELAUS
God grant thee joy� �I join thee in the self´same prayer�察�for of us
twain one cannot suffer without the other。
HELEN
No more�察�my friends�察�I mourn the past�察�no longer now I grieve。
My own dear husband is restored to me�察�whose coming from Troy I have
waited many a long year。
MENELAUS
I to thee�察�and thou to me。 And after these long�察�long years I have
at last discovered the fraud of the goddess。 But these tears�察�in
gladness shed�察�are tears of thankfulness rather than of sorrow。
HELEN
What can I say�拭�What mortal heart could e'er have had such hope��
To my bosom I press thee�察�little as I ever thought to。
MENELAUS
And I to mine press thee�察�who all men thought hadst gone to
Ida's town and the hapless towers of Ilium。
HELEN
Ah me� �ah me� �that is a bitter subject to begin on。
MENELAUS
Tell me�察�I adjure thee�察�how wert thou from my home conveyed��
HELEN
Alas� �alas� �'tis a bitter tale thou askest to hear。
MENELAUS
Speak�察�for I must hear it�察�all that comes is Heaven's gift。
HELEN
I loathe the story I am now to tell。
MENELAUS
Tell it for all that。 'Tis sweet to hear of trouble past。
HELEN
I ne'er set forth to be the young barbarian's bride�察�with oars and
wings of lawless love to speed me on my way。
MENELAUS
What deity or fate tore thee from thy country�察�then��
HELEN
Ah�察�my lord� �'twas Hermes�察�the son of Zeus�察�that brought and
placed me by the banks of Nile。
MENELAUS
A miracle� �Who sent thee thither�拭�O monstrous story��
HELEN
I wept�察�and still my eyes are wet with tears。 'Twas the wife of
Zeus that ruined me。
MENELAUS
Hera�拭�wherefore should she afflict us twain��
HELEN
Woe is me for my awful fate� �Woe for those founts and baths
where the goddesses made brighter still that beauty�察�which evoked
the fatal verdict��
MENELAUS
Why did Hera visit thee with evil regarding this verdict��
HELEN
To wrest the promise of Cypris´
MENELAUS
How now�拭�Say on。
HELEN
From Paris�察�to whom that goddess pledged me。
MENELAUS
Woe for thee��
HELEN
And so she brought me hither to Egypt to my sorrow。
MENELAUS
Then she gave him a phantom in thy stead�察�as thou tellest me��
HELEN
And then began those woes of thine�察�ah�察�mother� �woe is me��
MENELAUS
What meanest thou��
HELEN
My mother is no more�察�my shameful marriage made her fix the
noose about her neck。
MENELAUS
Ah me� �is our daughter Hermione yet alive��
HELEN
Still unwed�察�childless still�察�she mourns my fatal marriage。
MENELAUS
O Paris�察�who didst utterly o'erthrow my home�察�here was thy ruin
too and theirs�察�those countless mail´clad Danai。
HELEN
From my country�察�city�察�and from thee heaven cast me forth
unhappy and accursed�察�because I left�察�and yet not I�察�home and
husband for union of foul shame。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
If haply ye find happiness in the future�察�it will suffice when
to the past ye look。
MESSENGER
Menelaus�察�grant me too a portion of that joy which�察�though mine
own eyes see�察�I scarcely comprehend。
MENELAUS
Come then�察�old friend�察�and share with us our talk。
MESSENGER
Was it not then in her power to decide all the trouble in Troy��
MENELAUS
It was not�察�I was tricked by the gods into taking to my arms a
misty phantom´form�察�to my sorrow。
MESSENGER
How so�拭�was it then for this we vainly toiled��
MENELAUS
'Twas Hera's handiwork�察�and the