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THE ELOPEMENT OF HELEN.

FROM THE AGAMEMNON. (402-421.)

Λιποῦσα δ᾽ ἀστοῖσιν ἀσπίστοραςΚλόνους λογχίμους τε καὶ ναυβάτας ὁπλισμοὺς,Ἄγουσά τ᾿ ἀντίφερνον Ἰλίῳ φθορὰν,Βέβακε ῥίμφα διὰ πυλᾶν,Ἄτλητα τλᾶσα· κ.τ.λ.
Daring a deed that none should dare,O'er the threshold of her homeLightly stept the lady fair—She is o'er the ocean-foam,Fleeing from the Spartan strand,Bequeathing to her native landMusterings, throngings to the bay,The clanging of the spear and shield,The vengeful galley's swift array,The rush to many a bloody field.And with her to the Trojan shoreDestruction she for dowry bore.
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