And how much longer were you waiting at Troy?TeucerFor many months; the moon held its course through ten years.HelenAnd did you capture the Spartan woman?TeucerMenelaos caught her by the hair to drag her away.HelenDid you yourself see the wretched creature? Or do you speak from hearsay?TeucerI saw her with my own eyes, just as I see you, no less.HelenConsider whether you had some fancy, sent by the gods.TeucerThink of some other topic, not that woman still!HelenAre you so sure this fancy was reliable?TeucerI saw it with my own eyes; and the mind has sight.HelenIs 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?