"You are not mistaken, 'tis that
unfortunate
mortal who stands
before you.
before you.
Aristophanes
Who are you?
"
MNESILOCHUS. "And you, what is your name? for my surprise is as great as
yours. "
EURIPIDES. "Are you Grecian or born in this country? "
MNESILOCHUS. "I am Grecian. But now your name, what is it? "
EURIPIDES. "Oh! how you resemble Helen! "
MNESILOCHUS. And you Menelaus, if I can judge by those pot-herbs. [633]
EURIPIDES.
"You are not mistaken, 'tis that unfortunate mortal who stands
before you. "
MNESILOCHUS. "Ah! how you have delayed coming to your wife's arms! Press
me to your heart, throw your arms about me, for I wish to cover you with
kisses. Carry me away, carry me away, quick, quick, far, very far from
here. "
SEVENTH WOMAN. By the goddesses, woe to him who would carry you away! I
should thrash him with my torch.
EURIPIDES. "Do you propose to prevent me from taking my wife, the
daughter of Tyndareus, to Sparta? "
SEVENTH WOMAN You seem to me to be a cunning rascal too; you are in
collusion with this man, and 'twas not for nothing that you kept babbling
about Egypt. But the hour for punishment has come; here is the magistrate
come with his archer.
EURIPIDES. This grows awkward. Let me hide myself.
MNESILOCHUS. "And you, what is your name? for my surprise is as great as
yours. "
EURIPIDES. "Are you Grecian or born in this country? "
MNESILOCHUS. "I am Grecian. But now your name, what is it? "
EURIPIDES. "Oh! how you resemble Helen! "
MNESILOCHUS. And you Menelaus, if I can judge by those pot-herbs. [633]
EURIPIDES.
"You are not mistaken, 'tis that unfortunate mortal who stands
before you. "
MNESILOCHUS. "Ah! how you have delayed coming to your wife's arms! Press
me to your heart, throw your arms about me, for I wish to cover you with
kisses. Carry me away, carry me away, quick, quick, far, very far from
here. "
SEVENTH WOMAN. By the goddesses, woe to him who would carry you away! I
should thrash him with my torch.
EURIPIDES. "Do you propose to prevent me from taking my wife, the
daughter of Tyndareus, to Sparta? "
SEVENTH WOMAN You seem to me to be a cunning rascal too; you are in
collusion with this man, and 'twas not for nothing that you kept babbling
about Egypt. But the hour for punishment has come; here is the magistrate
come with his archer.
EURIPIDES. This grows awkward. Let me hide myself.
