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EURIPIDES.
Menelaus.
Hail, Helen, Child of Zeus! I count thee blest,
Thou dweller in the happy home of Gods.
Orestes, I betroth to thee my child1675
At Phœbus' hest. Fair fall thy bridal, prince
To princess wed: be I, her giver, blest!
Apollo.
Depart now, each as I appoint to you,
And your feuds reconcile.
Menelaus.
Obey we must.
Orestes.
I am like-minded. Truce with woes I make,1680
Menelaus, and thine oracles, Loxias.[1]
Apollo.
Pass on your way: and to Peace, of the Gods most fair,
Render ye praise.
Helen will I unto Zeus's mansion bear,
Soon as I win to the height of the firmament, where
Flash the star-rays.
Throned beside Hêra, and Hêbê, and Herakles, there
Aye shall she be
With drink-offerings honoured by men, with the Tyndarid pair,
- ↑ i.e. I am reconciled to my sufferings, and to thine oracle, which prompted the matricide from which they sprang.
