Euripides' HELEN Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Servant: He that received her from her father.

Theoclymenus: Nay, but fortune gave her to me.

Servant: And destiny took her away.

Theoclymenus: "Tis not for thee to decide my affairs.

Servant: Only supposing mine be the better counsel.

Theoclymenus: So I am thy subject, not thy ruler.

Servant: Aye, a subject bound to do the right, and eschew the wrong.

Theoclymenus: It seems thou art eager to be slain.

Servant: Slay me; thy sister shalt thou never slay with my consent,
but me perchance; for to die for their masters is the fairest death
that noble slaves can find.

(The Dioscuri appear from above.)

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