The beauteous Helen. How do you approve it?
Cleom. Not in the least, for 'tis a scurvy piece.
Cas. And yet 'tis known to be Apelles' hand.
The style is his; you grant he was a master.
Cleom. 'Tis scurvy still, because it represents
A base dishonest act; to violate
All hospitable rites, to force away
His benefactor's wife:—Ungrateful villain!
And so the gods, the avenging gods have judged.
Cleon. Was he a Spartan king that suffered this?