Euripides' HELEN Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Theoclymenus: I should not say so, if thou wilt not let me

Servant: Nay, but that I never will.

Theoclymenus: Slay my sister most accursed.

Servant: Say rather, most righteous.

Theoclymenus: "Righteous?" She who betrayed me?

Servant: There is an honourable treachery, which 'tis right to commit.

Theoclymenus: By giving my bride to another?

Servant: Only to those who had a better right.

Theoclymenus: Who hath any rights o'er mine?

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