Someone has come; and may he go where I want him to go!TheoklymenosWho is it? Where is he? so that I may learn this more clearly.HelenThat one, who is sitting crouched at this tomb.TheoklymenosApollo! He certainly has unattractive clothing.HelenAlas! I think my husband is in the same situation also.TheoklymenosWhat is this man’s country, and where did he come from, to land here?HelenHe is a Hellene, one of the Achaeans who saiIed with my husband.TheoklymenosWhat kind of death does he say Menelaos died?HelenThe most piteous, in the watery waves at sea.TheoklymenosOn what part of the barbarous ocean was he sailing?HelenHe was cast up on the harborless rocks of Libya.TheoklymenosHow did this man not perish if he was sailing with him?HelenThere are times when common men have more luck than their betters.TheoklymenosWhere did he leave the wreckage of his ship before coming here?HelenWhere ruin may come upon it— but not on Menelaos!