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ORESTES.

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Menelaus.

O hapless Helen!—


Orestes.

⁠And not hapless I?


Menelaus.

From Troy to death I brought thee—[1]


Orestes.

⁠Would 'twere so!


Menelaus.

From toils untold endured!⁠1615


Orestes.

⁠Yet none for me.


Menelaus.

I am foully wronged!


Orestes.

⁠No help was in thee then.[2]


Menelaus.

Thou hast trapped me!


Orestes.

⁠Villain, thou hast trapped thyself!

What ho! Electra, fire the halls below!

  1. ↑ Or, reading σοὶ, "Murder from Troy I brought thee!"
  2. ↑ When you stood aloof in my hour of need (1058–9).
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