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  MENELAUS

    'Tis a bad omen�察�still�察�if by saying so I shall gain aught�察�I am

ready to be dead in word�察�though not in deed。

  HELEN

    I�察�too�察�will mourn thee with hair cut short and dirges�察�as is

women's way�察�before this impious wretch。

  MENELAUS

    What saving remedy doth this afford us twain�拭�There is deception

in thy scheme。

  HELEN

    I will beg the king of this country leave to bury thee in a

cenotaph�察�as if thou hadst really died at sea。

  MENELAUS

    Suppose he grant it�察�how�察�e'en then�察�are we to escape without a

ship�察�after having committed me to my empty tomb��

  HELEN

    I will bid him give me a vessel�察�from which to let drop into the

sea's embrace thy funeral offerings。

  MENELAUS

    A clever plan in truth�察�save in one particular�察�suppose he bid

thee rear the tomb upon the strand�察�thy pretext comes to naught。

  HELEN

    But I shall say it is not the custom in Hellas to bury those who

die at sea upon the shore。

  MENELAUS

    Thou removest this obstacle too�察�I then will sail with thee and

help stow the funeral garniture in the same ship。

  HELEN

    Above all�察�it is necessary that thou and all thy sailors who

escaped from the wreck should be at hand。

  MENELAUS

    Be sure if once I find a ship at her moorings�察�they shall be there

man for man�察�each with his sword。

  HELEN

    Thou must direct everything�察�only let there be winds to waft our

rails and a good ship to speed before them��

  MENELAUS

    So shall it be�察�for the deities will cause my troubles to cease。

But from whom wilt thou say thou hadst tidings of my death��

  HELEN

    From thee�察�declare thyself the one and only survivor�察�telling

how thou wert sailing with the son of Atreus�察�and didst see him

perish。

  MENELAUS

    Of a truth the garments I have thrown about me�察�will bear out my

tale that they were rags collected from the wreckage。

  HELEN

    They come in most opportunely�察�but they were near being lost

just at the wrong time。 Maybe that misfortune will turn to fortune。

  MENELAUS

    Am I to enter the palace with thee�察�or are we to sit here at the

tomb quietly��

  HELEN

    Abide here�察�for if the king attempts to do thee any mischief�察�this

tomb and thy good sword will protect thee。 But I will go within and

cut off my hair�察�and exchange my white robe for sable weeds�察�and

rend my cheek with this hand's blood´thirsty nail。 For 'tis a mighty

struggle�察�and I see two possible issues�察�either I must die if detected

in my plot�察�or else to my country shall I come and save thy soul

alive。 O Hera� �awful queen�察�who sharest the couch of Zeus�察�grant

some respite from their toil to two unhappy wretches�察�to thee I

pray�察�tossing my arms upward to heaven�察�where thou hast thy home in

the star´spangled firmament。 Thou�察�too�察�that didst win the prize of

beauty at the price of my marriage�察�O Cypris� �daughter of Dione��

destroy me not utterly。 Thou hast injured me enough aforetime��

delivering up my name�察�though not my person�察�to live amongst

barbarians。 Oh� �suffer me to die�察�if death is thy desire�察�in my native

land。 Why art thou so insatiate in mischief�察�employing every art of

love�察�of fraud�察�and guileful schemes�察�and spells that bring

bloodshed on families�拭�Wert thou but moderate�察�only that� �in all

else thou art by nature man's most well�察�come deity�察�and I have reason

so to say。



    ��HELEN enters the palace and MENELAUS withdraws into the

background。��



  CHORUS ��singing��



                                                            strophe 1



    Thee let me invoke�察�tearful Philomel�察�lurking 'neath the leafy

covert in thy place of song�察�most tuneful of all feathered

songsters�察�oh� �come to aid me in my dirge�察�trilling through thy

tawny throat�察�as I sing the piteous woes of Helen�察�and the tearful

fate of Trojan dames made subject to Achaea's spear�察�on the day that

there came to their plains one who sped with foreign oar across the

dashing billows�察�bringing to Priam's race from Lacedaemon thee his

hapless bride�察�Helen�察�even Paris�察�luckless bridegroom�察�by the guidance

of Aphrodite。



                                                        antistrophe 1



    And many an Achaean hath breathed his last amid the spearmen's

thrusts and hurtling hail of stones�察�and gone to his sad end�察�for

these their wives cut off their hair in sorrow�察�and their houses are

left without a bride�察�and one of the Achaeans�察�that had but a single

ship�察�did light a blazing beacon on sea´girt Euboea�察�and destroy

full many of them�察�wrecking them on the rocks of Caphareus and the

shores that front the Aegean main�察�by the treacherous gleam he

kindled�察�when thou�察�O Menelaus�察�from the very day of thy start��

didst drift to harbourless hills�察�far from thy country before the

breath of the storm�察�bearing on thy ship a prize that was no prize��

but a phantom made by Hera out of cloud for the Danai to struggle

over。



                                                            strophe 2



    What mortal claims�察�by searching to the utmost limit�察�to have

found out the nature of God�察�or of his opposite�察�or of that which

comes between�察�seeing as he doth this world of man tossed to and fro

by waves of contradiction and strange vicissitudes�拭�Thou�察�Helen�察�art

the daughter of Zeus�察�for thy sire was the bird that nestled in Leda's

bosom�察�and yet for all that art thou become a by´word for

wickedness�察�through the length and breadth of Hellas�察�as faithless��

treacherous wife and godless woman�察�nor can I tell what certainty

is�察�whatever may pass for it amongst men。 That which gods pronounce

have I found true。



                                                        antistrophe 2



    O fools� �all ye who try to win the meed of valour through war

and serried ranks of chivalry�察�seeking thus to still this mortal coil��

in senselessness�察�for if bloody contests are to decide�察�there will

never be any lack of strife in the towns of men�察�the maidens of the

land of Priam left their bridal bowers�察�though arbitration might

have put thy quarrel right�察�O Helen。 And now Troy's sons are in Hades'

keeping in the world below�察�and fire hath darted on her walls�察�as

darts the flame of Zeus�察�and thou art bringing woe on woe to hapless

sufferers in their misery。

                     ��THEOCLYMENUS and his hunting attendants enter。��

  THEOCLYMENUS

    All hail�察�my father's tomb� �I buried thee�察�Proteus�察�at the place

where men go out�察�that I might often greet thee�察�and so�察�ever as I

go out and in�察�I�察�thy son Theoclymenus call on thee�察�father。 Ho��

servants�察�to the palace take my hounds and hunting nets� �How often

have I blamed myself for never punishing those miscreants with

death� �I have just heard that son of Hellas has come openly to my

land�察�escaping the notice of the guard�察�a spy maybe or a would´be

thief of Helen�察�death shall be his lot if only I can catch him。 Ha��

I find all my plans apparently frustrated�察�the daughter of Tyndareus

has deserted her seat at the tomb and sailed away from my shores。

Ho� �there�察�undo the bars�察�loose the horses from their stalls�察�bring

forth my chariot�察�servants�察�that the wife�察�on whom my heart is set��

may not get away from these shores unseen�察�for want of any trouble I

can take。 Yet stay�察�for I see the object of my pursuit is still in the

palace�察�and has not fled。 ��HELEN enters from the palace�察�clad in the

garb of mourning。�� How now�察�lady�察�why hast thou arrayed thee in

sable weeds instead of white raiment�察�and from thy fair head hast

shorn thy tresses with the steel�察�bedewing thy cheeks the while with

tears but lately shed�拭�Is it in response to visions of the night

that thou art mourning�察�or�察�because thou hast heard some warning voice

within�察�art thus distraught with grief��

  HELEN

    My lord�察�for already I have learnt to say that name��I am undone��

my luck is gone�察�I cease to be。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    In what misfortune art thou plunged�拭�What hath happened��

  HELEN

    Menelaus�察�ah me� �how can I say it�拭�is dead�察�my husband。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    How knowest thou�拭�Did Theonoe tell thee this��

  HELEN

    Both she�察�and one who was there when he perished。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    What� �hath one arrived who actually announces this for certaint��

  HELEN

    One hath�察�oh may he come e'en as I wish him to��

  THEOCLYMENUS

    Who and where is he�拭�that I may learn this more surely。

  HELEN

    There he is�察�sitting crouched beneath the shelter of this tomb��

  THEOCLYMENUS

    Great Apollo� �how clad in unseemly rags��

  HELEN

    Ah me� �methinks my own husband too is in like plight。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    From what country is this fellow�拭�whence landed he here��

  HELEN

    From Hellas�察�one of the Achaeans who sailed with my husband。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    What kind of death doth he declare that Menelaus died��

  HELEN

    The most piteous of all�察�amid the watery waves at sea。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    On what part of the savage ocean was he sailing��

  HELEN

    Cast up on the harbourless rocks of Libya。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    How was it this man did not perish if he was with him aboard��

  HELEN

    There are times when churls have more luck than their betters。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    Where left he the wreck�察�on coming hither��

  HELEN

    There�察�where perdition catch it�察�but not Menelaus��

  THEOCLYMENUS

    He is lost�察�but on what vessel came this man��

  HELEN

    According to his story sailors fell in with him and picked him up。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    Where then is that ill thing that was sent to Troy in thy stead��

  HELEN

    Dost mean the phantom´form of cloud�拭�It hath passed into the air。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    O Priam�察�and thou land of Troy�察�how fruitless thy ruin��

  HELEN

    I too have shared with Priam's race their misfortunes。

  THEOCLYMENUS

    Did this fellow leave thy husband unburied�察�or consign him to

the grave��

  HELEN

    Unburied�察�woe is me for my sad lot��

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