IPH. A crafty [wedding] it was, as those who have suffered say.
OR. Who canst thou be? How well dost ken the affairs of Greece!
IPH. I am from thence. While yet a child I was undone.
OR. With reason thou desirest to know the affairs there, O lady.
IPH. But how [fares] the general, who they say is prosperous.
OR. Who? For he whom I know is not of the fortunate.
IPH. A certain king Agamemnon was called the son of Atreus.
OR. I know not—cease from these words, O lady.
IPH. Nay, by the Gods, but speak, that I may be rejoiced, O stranger.
OR. The wretched one is dead, and furthermore hath ruined one.[[70]]