Is Menelaos already at home with his wife?TeucerNo; he is neither in Argos nor by the streams of the Eurotas.HelenAlas! This is evil news for those to whom you bring it.TeucerHe is said to have disappeared with his wife.HelenWasn’t there the same passage for all the Argives?TeucerYes; but a tempest scattered them in every direction.HelenOn which surface of the salty ocean?TeucerWhile they were crossing the Aegean in mid-channel.HelenAnd from that time does no one know of Menelaos’ arrival?TeucerNo one; but throughout Hellas he is reported to be dead.HelenI am wholly lost. Is the daughter of Thestius alive?TeucerYou speak of Leda? She is dead and gone, indeed.HelenIt wasn’t Helen’s disgraceful fame that killed her, surely?TeucerYes, they say she tied a noose around her noble neck.HelenAre the sons of Tyndareus still alive or not?TeucerThey are dead, and not dead: it is a double story.HelenWhich report is the stronger? I am so unhappy at these evils!TeucerMen say that they are gods in the likeness of stars.HelenThat is good news; but what is the other story?TeucerThat they killed themselves because of their sister. But enough of such talk! I do not need to grieve twice. As to why I came to this royal palace,