[At the shrine.] Holy Aphrodite! some one has put gold upon the shrine!
Alcimedon.
'Twas a stranger that the Priest has taken in. Have a care: the dog laid a curse on any who should move it.
Hermione.
A stranger! He comes from the South, then; from Athens, or Argos, or Mycenæ——
Alcimedon.
No, Queen, he is only an Acarnanian. But belike he has journeyed to the South.
Hermione.
That is no Acarnanian gold! [Taking it up.] See you the sea-beast wrought on it, with many feet? [To Maid.