Women, I am being ill-treated. This man is keeping me from the tomb, and he wants to take me and give me to the king, whose wooing I was seeking to avoid.MenelaosI am no thief, nor a servant of evil men.HelenAnd yet the clothes you are wearing are unsightly enough.MenelaosPut fear aside and stop your rapid flight.HelenI do so, now that I have reached this spot.MenelaosWho are you? Whom do I see in you, lady?HelenBut who are you? The same reason prompts us both.MenelaosI never saw a closer resemblance.HelenO gods! For the recognizing of friends is a god.MenelaosAre you a woman from Hellas, or a native of this land?HelenFrom Hellas; but I want to learn your story too.MenelaosYou seem to me very much like Helen, lady.HelenAnd you seem to me like Menelaos; I don’t know what to say.MenelaosWell, you have correctly recognized a most unfortunate man.HelenOh, at last you have come to the arms of your wife!MenelaosWhat do you mean by wife? Do not touch my robe.HelenThe one whom Tyndareus, my father, gave to you.MenelaosO torch-bearing Hekate, send visions that are favorable!HelenYou see in me no specter of the night, attendant on the queen of phantoms.MenelaosAs one man, I am certainly not the husband of two women.