fall, some stood upright, you would have seen others lying dead. But Menelaos, in full armor, wherever he spied that his comrades were suffering, would go there, sword in hand; and so we dived from the ship, and he cleared the benches of your rowers. Then going to the helmsman he told him to sail a straight course to Hellas . So they set up the mast, and favoring breezes blew. They are gone from here. But I escaped death and let myself down by the anchor into the sea; and just as I was worn out, some fisherman took me up, and put me out on land, to bring you this report. Nothing is more useful to mankind than a prudent distrust. Chorus Leader I never would have believed that Menelaos could have eluded both us