EURIPIDES "Oh! great gods! I cannot speak, for very emotion…. Ah! what do I see? Who are you?"
MNESILOCHUS. "And you, what is your name? for my surprise is as great as yours."
EURIPIDES. "Are you Grecian or born in this country?"
MNESILOCHUS. "I am Grecian. But now your name, what is it?"
EURIPIDES. "Oh! how you resemble Helen!"
MNESILOCHUS. And you Menelaus, if I can judge by those pot-herbs.[633]
EURIPIDES. "You are not mistaken, 'tis that unfortunate mortal who stands before you."
MNESILOCHUS. "Ah! how you have delayed coming to your wife's arms! Press me to your heart, throw your arms about me, for I wish to cover you with kisses. Carry me away, carry me away, quick, quick, far, very far from here."
SEVENTH WOMAN. By the goddesses, woe to him who would carry you away! I should thrash him with my torch.
EURIPIDES. "Do you propose to prevent me from taking my wife, the daughter of Tyndareus, to Sparta?"