IPH. For I wish to obtain this before that thou diest.
OR. Examine me, since thou hast this longing, and I will speak.
IPH. Has a certain seer named Calchas returned from Troy?
OR. He perished, as the story ran, at Mycenæ.
IPH. O revered Goddess, how well it is! And how fares the son of Laertes?
OR. He has not yet returned to his home, but he is alive, as report goes.
IPH. May he perish, never obtaining a return to his country!
OR. Invoke nothing—all his affairs are in a sickly state.
IPH. But is the son of Thetis, the daughter of Nereus, yet alive?
OR. He is not. In vain he held his wedding in Aulis.