Will he welcome strangers who have been tried on the billows of
the sea by storm and
shipwreck?
Aristophanes
MNESILOCHUS. "A thousand warriors have died on my account on the banks of
the Scamander."
SEVENTH WOMAN. Why have you not done the same?
MNESILOCHUS. "And here I am upon these shores; Menelaus, my unhappy
husband, does not yet come. Ah! how life weighs upon me! Oh! ye cruel
crows, who have not devoured my body! But what sweet hope is this that
sets my heart a-throb? Oh, Zeus! grant it may not prove a lying one!"
EURIPIDES (_as Menelaus_). "To what master does this splendid palace
belong?
Will he welcome strangers who have been tried on the billows of
the sea by storm and
shipwreck?"[627]
MNESILOCHUS. "This is the palace of Proteus."[628]
EURIPIDES. "Of what Proteus?"
SEVENTH WOMAN. Oh! the thrice cursed rascal! how he lies! By the
goddesses, 'tis ten years since Proteas[629] died.
EURIPIDES. "What is this shore whither the wind has driven our boat?"
