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Teucer

Who holds power over this fortified house? The dwelling is worthy of comparison with Ploutos’,

its royal enclosures and towering buildings. Ah! Oh gods, what sight is here? I see the hateful deadly likeness of the woman who ruined me and all the Achaeans. May the gods spurn you, so much do you look like
70

Helen! If I were not in a foreign land, you would have died by this well-aimed arrow as a reward for your likeness to the daughter of Zeus.
75

Helen

What is it, poor man—who are you, that you have turned away from me and loathe me for the misfortunes of that one?

Teucer

I was wrong; I gave way to my anger more than I should, for all Hellas hates that daughter of Zeus. Forgive me for what I said, lady.
80

Helen

Who are you? Where have you come from, to visit this land?

Teucer

I am one of those unfortunate Achaeans, lady.

Helen

Then it is no wonder that you loathe Helen. But who are you and where do you come from? Whose son should I call you?
85

Teucer

My name is Teucer, my father is Telamon, and Salamis is the land that nurtured me.

Helen

Then why are you visiting these lands of the Nile ?

Teucer

I am an exile, driven out of my native land.
90

Helen

You must be unhappy! Who banished you from your fatherland?

Teucer

My father Telamon. Could you find anyone closer to me?

Helen

But why? This matter is surely an unfortunate one.

Teucer

The death of my brother Aias at Troy was my ruin.

Helen

How so? You didn’t take his life with your sword, did you?
95

Teucer

He threw himself on his own sword and died.

Helen

Was he mad? For what sensible man would dare such a thing?

Teucer

Do you know a certain Achilleus, the son of Peleus?

Helen

Yes; he came to woo Helen once, so I hear.

Teucer

When he died, he left a contest for his armor to his allies.
100

Helen

Well, if he did, what harm is this to Aias?

Teucer

When someone else got the arms, he took his own life.

Helen

Then are you ill through his suffering?

Teucer

Yes, because I did not die together with him.

Helen

So you went to the famous city of Ilion , stranger?
105

Teucer

Yes, and by helping to sack it, I destroyed myself as well.

Helen

Has it already been set alight and completely consumed by fire?

Teucer

So that not even a trace of the walls is evident.

Helen

O miserable Helen! Because of you, the Phrygians have been destroyed.

Teucer

And also the Achaeans; great evils have been committed.
110

Helen

How long is it since the city was sacked?

Teucer

Almost seven years have gone full circle, with their harvests.

Helen

And how much longer were you waiting at Troy ?

Teucer

For many months; the moon held its course through ten years.

Helen. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.

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Helen (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (1)

Ἑλένη Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978)) — 68 focus

Τεῦκρος

τίς τῶνδʼ ἐρυμνῶν δωμάτων ἔχει κράτος;

πλούτου γὰρ οἶκος ἄξιος προσεικάσαι,

βασίλειά τʼ ἀμφιβλήματʼ εὔθριγκοί θʼ ἕδραι.
70

ἔα·

ὦ θεοί, τίνʼ εἶδον ὄψιν; ἐχθίστην ὁρῶ

γυναικὸς εἰκὼ φόνιον, ἥ μʼ ἀπώλεσεν

πάντας τʼ Ἀχαιούς. θεοί σʼ, ὅσον μίμημʼ ἔχεις

Ἑλένης, ἀποπτύσειαν. εἰ δὲ μὴ ʼν ξένῃ
75

γαίᾳ πόδʼ εἶχον, τῷδʼ ἂν εὐστόχῳ πτερῷ

ἀπόλαυσιν εἰκοῦς ἔθανες ἂν Διὸς κόρης.

Ἑλένη

τί δʼ, ὦ ταλαίπωρʼ — ὅστις ὤν μʼ ἀπεστράφης

καὶ ταῖς ἐκείνης συμφοραῖς ἐμὲ στυγεῖς;

Τεῦκρος

ἥμαρτον· ὀργῇ δʼ εἶξα μᾶλλον ἤ με χρῆν·
80

μισεῖ γὰρ Ἑλλὰς πᾶσα τὴν Διὸς κόρην.

σύγγνωθι δʼ ἡμῖν τοῖς λελεγμένοις, γύναι.

Ἑλένη

τίς δʼ εἶ; πόθεν γῆς τῆσδʼ ἐπεστράφης πέδον;

Τεῦκρος

εἷς τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, ὦ γύναι, τῶν ἀθλίων.

Ἑλένη

οὐ τἄρα σʼ Ἑλένην εἰ στυγεῖς θαυμαστέον.
85

ἀτὰρ τίς εἶ πόθεν; τίνος δʼ αὐδᾶν σε χρή;

Τεῦκρος

ὄνομα μὲν ἡμῖν Τεῦκρος, ὁ δὲ φύσας πατὴρ

Τελαμών, Σαλαμὶς δὲ πατρὶς ἡ θρέψασά με.

Ἑλένη

τί δῆτα Νείλου τούσδʼ ἐπιστρέφῃ γύας;

Τεῦκρος

φυγὰς πατρῴας ἐξελήλαμαι χθονός.
90

Ἑλένη

τλήμων ἂν εἴης· τίς δέ σʼ ἐκβάλλει πάτρας;

Τεῦκρος

Τελαμὼν ὁ φύσας. τίνʼ ἂν ἔχοις μᾶλλον φίλον;

Ἑλένη

ἐκ τοῦ; τὸ γάρ τοι πρᾶγμα συμφορὰν ἔχει.

Τεῦκρος

Αἴας μʼ ἀδελφὸς ὤλεσʼ ἐν Τροίᾳ θανών.

Ἑλένη

πῶς; οὔ τί που σῷ φασγάνῳ βίον στερείς;
95

Τεῦκρος

οἰκεῖον αὐτὸν ὤλεσʼ ἅλμʼ ἐπὶ ξίφος.

Ἑλένη

μανέντʼ; ἐπεὶ τίς σωφρονῶν τλαίη τάδʼ ἄν;

Τεῦκρος

τὸν Πηλέως τινʼ οἶσθʼ Ἀχιλλέα γόνον;

Ἑλένη

ναί·

μνηστήρ ποθʼ Ἑλένης ἦλθεν, ὡς ἀκούομεν.

Τεῦκρος

θανὼν ὅδʼ ὅπλων ἔριν ἔθηκε συμμάχοις.
100

Ἑλένη

καὶ δὴ τί τοῦτʼ Αἴαντι γίγνεται κακόν;

Τεῦκρος

ἄλλου λαβόντος ὅπλʼ ἀπηλλάχθη βίου.

Ἑλένη

σὺ τοῖς ἐκείνου δῆτα πήμασιν νοσεῖς;

Τεῦκρος

ὁθούνεκʼ αὐτῷ γʼ οὐ ξυνωλόμην ὁμοῦ.

Ἑλένη

ἦλθες γάρ, ὦ ξένʼ, Ἰλίου κλεινὴν πόλιν;
105

Τεῦκρος

καὶ ξύν γε πέρσας αὐτὸς ἀνταπωλόμην.

Ἑλένη

ἤδη γὰρ ἧπται καὶ κατείργασται πυρί;

Τεῦκρος

ὥστʼ οὐδʼ ἴχνος γε τειχέων εἶναι σαφές.

Ἑλένη

ὦ τλῆμον Ἑλένη, διὰ σʼ ἀπόλλυνται Φρύγες.

Τεῦκρος

καὶ πρός γʼ Ἀχαιοί· μεγάλα δʼ εἴργασται κακά.
110

Ἑλένη

πόσον χρόνον γὰρ διαπεπόρθηται πόλις;

Τεῦκρος

ἑπτὰ σχεδόν τι καρπίμους ἐτῶν κύκλους.

Ἑλένη

χρόνον δʼ ἐμείνατʼ ἄλλον ἐν Τροίᾳ πόσον;

Τεῦκρος

πολλὰς σελήνας, δέκα διελθούσας ἔτη.

Translations (2)

Helen (OCR draft) Experimental (Helen. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1845; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 2, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1845. Harvard OCR compared with an independent BSB copy. Native Donner verse citations, Murray reference cards, explicitly located notes and page facsimiles. Unresolved OCR, verse divisions, unlocated notes and printed errata are documented in the source review.) — 68 focus

Wer hat in diesem wohlgeschirmten Haus die Macht?

Denn Plutos' Hause darf es wohl zur Seite stehn¹

Mit hohem Sims, mit königlicher Mauern Kranz.
70

Ha!

Ihr Götter, was erblick' ich? Dies verhaßteste

Fraunbild, die Mörderin seh' ich, die mir gab den Tod

Und Hellas' Volke. Strafen dich die Götter, daß

Du so Helénen ähnelst! Tråt' auf fremdes Land

Nicht unser Fuß, durch diesen wohlgezielten Stein
75

Verdürbst du, bußtest, daß du gleichst der Tochter Zeus'.

Helena.

Was, wer du sein magst, Armer, flichst du so vor mir,

Und hegst um ihren Frevelgeist Haß wider mich?

Teukros.

Ich fehlte, gab dem Grolle mehr als billig Raum :

Verhaßt dem ganzen Hellas ist die Tochter Zeus';
80

Darum vergib mir, daß ich also sprach, o Frau.

Helena.

Wer bist du? Woher kamst du, Freund, in dieses Land?

Teukros.

Der Schwerbedrängten Einer, Frau, vom Hellasvolk.

Helena.

Kein Wunder also, daß du Helenen hassest, Herr.

Doch sage mir: wer bist du, weſſen Sohn, woher?
85

Teukros.

Ich heiße Teukros, Telamon ist Vater mir,

Und Salamis die Ståtte, die mich auferzog.

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Helen What is it, poor man—who are you, that you have turned away from me and loathe me for the misfortunes of that one?

Teucer I was wrong; I gave way to my anger more than I should, for all Hellas hates that daughter of Zeus. Forgive me for what I said, lady. 80

Helen Who are you? Where have you come from, to visit this land?

Teucer I am one of those unfortunate Achaeans, lady.

Helen Then it is no wonder that you loathe Helen. But who are you and where do you come from? Whose son should I call you? 85

Teucer My name is Teucer, my father is Telamon, and Salamis is the land that nurtured me.

Helen Then why are you visiting these lands of the Nile ?

Teucer I am an exile, driven out of my native land. 90

Helen You must be unhappy! Who banished you from your fatherland?

Teucer My father Telamon. Could you find anyone closer to me?

Helen But why? This matter is surely an unfortunate one.

Teucer The death of my brother Aias at Troy was my ruin.

Helen How so? You didn’t take his life with your sword, did you? 95

Teucer He threw himself on his own sword and died.

Helen Was he mad? For what sensible man would dare such a thing?

Teucer Do you know a certain Achilleus, the son of Peleus?

Helen Yes; he came to woo Helen once, so I hear.

Teucer When he died, he left a contest for his armor to his allies. 100

Helen Well, if he did, what harm is this to Aias?

Teucer When someone else got the arms, he took his own life.

Helen Then are you ill through his suffering?

Teucer Yes, because I did not die together with him.

Helen So you went to the famous city of Ilion , stranger? 105

Teucer Yes, and by helping to sack it, I destroyed myself as well.

Helen Has it already been set alight and completely consumed by fire?

Teucer So that not even a trace of the walls is evident.

Helen O miserable Helen! Because of you, the Phrygians have been destroyed.

Teucer And also the Achaeans; great evils have been committed. 110

Helen How long is it since the city was sacked?

Teucer Almost seven years have gone full circle, with their harvests.

Helen And how much longer were you waiting at Troy ?

Teucer For many months; the moon held its course through ten years.

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Ἑλένη τί δʼ, ὦ ταλαίπωρʼ — ὅστις ὤν μʼ ἀπεστράφης καὶ ταῖς ἐκείνης συμφοραῖς ἐμὲ στυγεῖς;

Τεῦκρος ἥμαρτον· ὀργῇ δʼ εἶξα μᾶλλον ἤ με χρῆν· 80 μισεῖ γὰρ Ἑλλὰς πᾶσα τὴν Διὸς κόρην. σύγγνωθι δʼ ἡμῖν τοῖς λελεγμένοις, γύναι.

Ἑλένη τίς δʼ εἶ; πόθεν γῆς τῆσδʼ ἐπεστράφης πέδον;

Τεῦκρος εἷς τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, ὦ γύναι, τῶν ἀθλίων.

Ἑλένη οὐ τἄρα σʼ Ἑλένην εἰ στυγεῖς θαυμαστέον. 85 ἀτὰρ τίς εἶ πόθεν; τίνος δʼ αὐδᾶν σε χρή;

Τεῦκρος ὄνομα μὲν ἡμῖν Τεῦκρος, ὁ δὲ φύσας πατὴρ Τελαμών, Σαλαμὶς δὲ πατρὶς ἡ θρέψασά με.

Ἑλένη τί δῆτα Νείλου τούσδʼ ἐπιστρέφῃ γύας;

Τεῦκρος φυγὰς πατρῴας ἐξελήλαμαι χθονός. 90

Ἑλένη τλήμων ἂν εἴης· τίς δέ σʼ ἐκβάλλει πάτρας;

Τεῦκρος Τελαμὼν ὁ φύσας. τίνʼ ἂν ἔχοις μᾶλλον φίλον;

Ἑλένη ἐκ τοῦ; τὸ γάρ τοι πρᾶγμα συμφορὰν ἔχει.

Τεῦκρος Αἴας μʼ ἀδελφὸς ὤλεσʼ ἐν Τροίᾳ θανών.

Ἑλένη πῶς; οὔ τί που σῷ φασγάνῳ βίον στερείς; 95

Τεῦκρος οἰκεῖον αὐτὸν ὤλεσʼ ἅλμʼ ἐπὶ ξίφος.

Ἑλένη μανέντʼ; ἐπεὶ τίς σωφρονῶν τλαίη τάδʼ ἄν;

Τεῦκρος τὸν Πηλέως τινʼ οἶσθʼ Ἀχιλλέα γόνον;

Ἑλένη ναί· μνηστήρ ποθʼ Ἑλένης ἦλθεν, ὡς ἀκούομεν.

Τεῦκρος θανὼν ὅδʼ ὅπλων ἔριν ἔθηκε συμμάχοις. 100

Ἑλένη καὶ δὴ τί τοῦτʼ Αἴαντι γίγνεται κακόν;

Τεῦκρος ἄλλου λαβόντος ὅπλʼ ἀπηλλάχθη βίου.

Ἑλένη σὺ τοῖς ἐκείνου δῆτα πήμασιν νοσεῖς;

Τεῦκρος ὁθούνεκʼ αὐτῷ γʼ οὐ ξυνωλόμην ὁμοῦ.

Ἑλένη ἦλθες γάρ, ὦ ξένʼ, Ἰλίου κλεινὴν πόλιν; 105

Τεῦκρος καὶ ξύν γε πέρσας αὐτὸς ἀνταπωλόμην.

Ἑλένη ἤδη γὰρ ἧπται καὶ κατείργασται πυρί;

Τεῦκρος ὥστʼ οὐδʼ ἴχνος γε τειχέων εἶναι σαφές.

Ἑλένη ὦ τλῆμον Ἑλένη, διὰ σʼ ἀπόλλυνται Φρύγες.

Τεῦκρος καὶ πρός γʼ Ἀχαιοί· μεγάλα δʼ εἴργασται κακά. 110

Ἑλένη πόσον χρόνον γὰρ διαπεπόρθηται πόλις;

Τεῦκρος ἑπτὰ σχεδόν τι καρπίμους ἐτῶν κύκλους.

Ἑλένη χρόνον δʼ ἐμείνατʼ ἄλλον ἐν Τροίᾳ πόσον;

Τεῦκρος πολλὰς σελήνας, δέκα διελθούσας ἔτη.

Helena. Was, wer du sein magst, Armer, flichst du so vor mir, Und hegst um ihren Frevelgeist Haß wider mich?

Teukros. Ich fehlte, gab dem Grolle mehr als billig Raum : Verhaßt dem ganzen Hellas ist die Tochter Zeus'; 80 Darum vergib mir, daß ich also sprach, o Frau.

Helena. Wer bist du? Woher kamst du, Freund, in dieses Land?

Teukros. Der Schwerbedrängten Einer, Frau, vom Hellasvolk.

Helena. Kein Wunder also, daß du Helenen hassest, Herr. Doch sage mir: wer bist du, weſſen Sohn, woher? 85

Teukros. Ich heiße Teukros, Telamon ist Vater mir, Und Salamis die Ståtte, die mich auferzog.

Helena. Was trieb an dieses Ufer dich, in Neilos' Land?

Teukros. Ein Flüchtling irr' ich aus dem Vaterreich verbannt.

Helena. Dann bist du wohl unglucklich; doch wer trieb dich aus? 90

Teukros. Telamon, der Vater. Welcher wår' ein beſſrer Freund? 2

Helena. Warum? Der Unfall ist gewiß beklagenswerth.

Teukros. Des Bruders Ajas wegen, der bei Troja fiel.

Helena. Wie sagst du? Doch von deinem Schwerte nicht entseelt?

Helen

What is it, poor man—who are you, that you have turned away from me and loathe me for the misfortunes of that one?

Teucer

I was wrong; I gave way to my anger more than I should, for all Hellas hates that daughter of Zeus. Forgive me for what I said, lady.
80

Helen

Who are you? Where have you come from, to visit this land?

Teucer

I am one of those unfortunate Achaeans, lady.

Helen

Then it is no wonder that you loathe Helen. But who are you and where do you come from? Whose son should I call you?
85

Teucer

My name is Teucer, my father is Telamon, and Salamis is the land that nurtured me.

Helen

Then why are you visiting these lands of the Nile ?

Teucer

I am an exile, driven out of my native land.
90

Helen

You must be unhappy! Who banished you from your fatherland?

Teucer

My father Telamon. Could you find anyone closer to me?

Helen

But why? This matter is surely an unfortunate one.

Teucer

The death of my brother Aias at Troy was my ruin.

Helen

How so? You didn’t take his life with your sword, did you?
95

Teucer

He threw himself on his own sword and died.

Helen

Was he mad? For what sensible man would dare such a thing?

Teucer

Do you know a certain Achilleus, the son of Peleus?

Helen

Yes; he came to woo Helen once, so I hear.

Teucer

When he died, he left a contest for his armor to his allies.
100

Helen

Well, if he did, what harm is this to Aias?

Teucer

When someone else got the arms, he took his own life.

Helen

Then are you ill through his suffering?

Teucer

Yes, because I did not die together with him.

Helen

So you went to the famous city of Ilion , stranger?
105

Teucer

Yes, and by helping to sack it, I destroyed myself as well.

Helen

Has it already been set alight and completely consumed by fire?

Teucer

So that not even a trace of the walls is evident.

Helen

O miserable Helen! Because of you, the Phrygians have been destroyed.

Teucer

And also the Achaeans; great evils have been committed.
110

Helen

How long is it since the city was sacked?

Teucer

Almost seven years have gone full circle, with their harvests.

Helen

And how much longer were you waiting at Troy ?

Teucer

For many months; the moon held its course through ten years.

Ἑλένη

τί δʼ, ὦ ταλαίπωρʼ — ὅστις ὤν μʼ ἀπεστράφης

καὶ ταῖς ἐκείνης συμφοραῖς ἐμὲ στυγεῖς;

Τεῦκρος

ἥμαρτον· ὀργῇ δʼ εἶξα μᾶλλον ἤ με χρῆν·
80

μισεῖ γὰρ Ἑλλὰς πᾶσα τὴν Διὸς κόρην.

σύγγνωθι δʼ ἡμῖν τοῖς λελεγμένοις, γύναι.

Ἑλένη

τίς δʼ εἶ; πόθεν γῆς τῆσδʼ ἐπεστράφης πέδον;

Τεῦκρος

εἷς τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, ὦ γύναι, τῶν ἀθλίων.

Ἑλένη

οὐ τἄρα σʼ Ἑλένην εἰ στυγεῖς θαυμαστέον.
85

ἀτὰρ τίς εἶ πόθεν; τίνος δʼ αὐδᾶν σε χρή;

Τεῦκρος

ὄνομα μὲν ἡμῖν Τεῦκρος, ὁ δὲ φύσας πατὴρ

Τελαμών, Σαλαμὶς δὲ πατρὶς ἡ θρέψασά με.

Ἑλένη

τί δῆτα Νείλου τούσδʼ ἐπιστρέφῃ γύας;

Τεῦκρος

φυγὰς πατρῴας ἐξελήλαμαι χθονός.
90

Ἑλένη

τλήμων ἂν εἴης· τίς δέ σʼ ἐκβάλλει πάτρας;

Τεῦκρος

Τελαμὼν ὁ φύσας. τίνʼ ἂν ἔχοις μᾶλλον φίλον;

Ἑλένη

ἐκ τοῦ; τὸ γάρ τοι πρᾶγμα συμφορὰν ἔχει.

Τεῦκρος

Αἴας μʼ ἀδελφὸς ὤλεσʼ ἐν Τροίᾳ θανών.

Ἑλένη

πῶς; οὔ τί που σῷ φασγάνῳ βίον στερείς;
95

Τεῦκρος

οἰκεῖον αὐτὸν ὤλεσʼ ἅλμʼ ἐπὶ ξίφος.

Ἑλένη

μανέντʼ; ἐπεὶ τίς σωφρονῶν τλαίη τάδʼ ἄν;

Τεῦκρος

τὸν Πηλέως τινʼ οἶσθʼ Ἀχιλλέα γόνον;

Ἑλένη

ναί·

μνηστήρ ποθʼ Ἑλένης ἦλθεν, ὡς ἀκούομεν.

Τεῦκρος

θανὼν ὅδʼ ὅπλων ἔριν ἔθηκε συμμάχοις.
100

Ἑλένη

καὶ δὴ τί τοῦτʼ Αἴαντι γίγνεται κακόν;

Τεῦκρος

ἄλλου λαβόντος ὅπλʼ ἀπηλλάχθη βίου.

Ἑλένη

σὺ τοῖς ἐκείνου δῆτα πήμασιν νοσεῖς;

Τεῦκρος

ὁθούνεκʼ αὐτῷ γʼ οὐ ξυνωλόμην ὁμοῦ.

Ἑλένη

ἦλθες γάρ, ὦ ξένʼ, Ἰλίου κλεινὴν πόλιν;
105

Τεῦκρος

καὶ ξύν γε πέρσας αὐτὸς ἀνταπωλόμην.

Ἑλένη

ἤδη γὰρ ἧπται καὶ κατείργασται πυρί;

Τεῦκρος

ὥστʼ οὐδʼ ἴχνος γε τειχέων εἶναι σαφές.

Ἑλένη

ὦ τλῆμον Ἑλένη, διὰ σʼ ἀπόλλυνται Φρύγες.

Τεῦκρος

καὶ πρός γʼ Ἀχαιοί· μεγάλα δʼ εἴργασται κακά.
110

Ἑλένη

πόσον χρόνον γὰρ διαπεπόρθηται πόλις;

Τεῦκρος

ἑπτὰ σχεδόν τι καρπίμους ἐτῶν κύκλους.

Ἑλένη

χρόνον δʼ ἐμείνατʼ ἄλλον ἐν Τροίᾳ πόσον;

Τεῦκρος

πολλὰς σελήνας, δέκα διελθούσας ἔτη.

Helena.

Was, wer du sein magst, Armer, flichst du so vor mir,

Und hegst um ihren Frevelgeist Haß wider mich?

Teukros.

Ich fehlte, gab dem Grolle mehr als billig Raum :

Verhaßt dem ganzen Hellas ist die Tochter Zeus';
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Darum vergib mir, daß ich also sprach, o Frau.

Helena.

Wer bist du? Woher kamst du, Freund, in dieses Land?

Teukros.

Der Schwerbedrängten Einer, Frau, vom Hellasvolk.

Helena.

Kein Wunder also, daß du Helenen hassest, Herr.

Doch sage mir: wer bist du, weſſen Sohn, woher?
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Teukros.

Ich heiße Teukros, Telamon ist Vater mir,

Und Salamis die Ståtte, die mich auferzog.

Helena.

Was trieb an dieses Ufer dich, in Neilos' Land?

Teukros.

Ein Flüchtling irr' ich aus dem Vaterreich verbannt.

Helena.

Dann bist du wohl unglucklich; doch wer trieb dich aus?
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Teukros.

Telamon, der Vater. Welcher wår' ein beſſrer Freund?²

Helena.

Warum? Der Unfall ist gewiß beklagenswerth.

Teukros.

Des Bruders Ajas wegen, der bei Troja fiel.

Helena.

Wie sagst du? Doch von deinem Schwerte nicht entseelt?

Teukros.

In's eigne Schwert sich stürzend gab er sich den Tod.
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Helena.

Wahnsinnig? Denn wo thåte das ein Besonnener?

Teukros.

Du hast Achilleus wohl gekannt, der Thetis Sohn?