pay no heed to it; make light of it.ClytemnestraFarewell; I can no longer face you with unfaltering eyes, after being made a liar and suffering undeservedly.AchillesIt is farewell I bid you too, lady; and I go within the tent to seek your husband.

Old mancalling through the tent door.Stranger of the race of Aeacus, stay awhile! Ho there! I mean you, O goddess-born, and you, daughter of Leda.AchillesWho is it calling through the half-opened door? What fear his voice betrays!Old manA slave; of that I am not proud, for fortune does not permit it.AchillesWhose slave are you? not mine; for mine and Agamemnon’s goods are separate.Old manI belong to this lady who stands before the tent, a gift to her from Tyndareus her father.AchillesI am waiting; tell me, if you are desirous, why you have stopped me.Old manAre you really all alone here at the door?AchillesTo us alone will you address yourself; come forth from the king’s tent.Old mancoming out.O Fortune and my own foresight, preserve whom I desire!AchillesThat speech will saveReading σώσει, Monk’s correction for ἀν ὤση. Others read ἀνοίσε with Markland, or ὀνήσει with Böckh. them in the future; it has a certain pompous air.ClytemnestraDelay not for the sake of touching my right hand, if there is anything that you would say to me.Old manWell, you know my character and my devotion to you and your children.ClytemnestraI know you have grown old in the service of my house.Old manLikewise you know it was in your dowry king Agamemnon received me.ClytemnestraYes, you came to Argos with me, and have been mine this long time past.Old manTrue; and I bear all goodwill to you, less to your husband.ClytemnestraCome, come, unfold whatever you have to say.Old manHer father, he that begot her, is on the point of slaying your daughter with his own hand.ClytemnestraHow? That for your story, old man! you are mad.Old manSevering with a sword the hapless girl’s white throat.ClytemnestraAh, alas for me! Does my husband happen to have gone mad?Old manNo; he is sane, except where you and your daughter are concerned; there he is mad.ClytemnestraWhat is his reason? what vengeful fiend impels him?Old manOracles, at least so Calchas says, in order that the army may start—ClytemnestraWhere? Alas for me, and for the one her father is going to kill!Old manTo the halls of Dardanus, that Menelaus may recover Helen.ClytemnestraSo Helen’s return then was fated to affect Iphigenia?