Analytikos. It would have been better for you if you had chosen wisdom.
Paris. I knew you'd say that.
Analytikos. I have spoken truly. In a moment you will die.
Paris. It is because the old have forgotten life that they preach wisdom.
Menelaus. So you chose the girl? Well, go on.
Paris. This made the other cronies angry, and when I tossed her the apple one of the others yelped at me: "You may as well seek the Queen of Sparta: she is the fairest of women." And as I turned away I heard their laughter, but the words had set my heart aflame and though it cost me my life, I'll follow the adventure.
Analytikos [scandalized]. Haven't we heard enough of this?
Menelaus [deeply]. No! I want to hear how the story ends. It may amuse the King.
[He makes a sign to Analytikos.]
Paris. And on the ship at night I looked long at the stars and dreamed of possessing Helen.