Prologos
Teucer
Salamis in honor of that fatherland over there.
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Helen
The voyage itself will explain that, stranger; leave this land and escape, before the son of Proteus, the ruler of this land, catches sight of you; now he is away with his trusty hounds tracking his savage quarry to the death;
for he kills every visitor from Hellas that he catches. Do not seek to learn his reason, and I will not say; for how could I help you?
155
Teucer
Lady, you have spoken well. May the gods grant you a return for your kindness!
Although you have a body like Helen’s, your heart is not like hers, but very different. May she die miserably, and never reach the streams of Eurotas! But may you always have good fortune, lady.
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