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EURIPIDES AT AULIS.
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Of the lords of Elis' power, 280
Whom the host Epeians name:
Eurytus to lead them came;
Led the Taphians argent-oared
Therewithal, which owned for lord
Phyleus' scion Meges, who
From the Echinad Isles, whereto
No man sails, his war-host drew.

Aias, Salamis' fosterling,
Held in touch his rightward wing
With their left who nearest lay: 290
Helm-obeying keels were they
Twelve, which, marshalled uttermost,
Closed the line that fringed the coast,
As I heard, and now might mark.
Whoso with barbaric bark
Meets him, from the grapple stern
Never home shall he return.

Lo, the goodly sea-array
That mine eyes have seen to-day!
Erst the great war-muster's story 300
Through mine home rang: now its glory
In mine heart shall live for aye.

Enter Old Servant, grasping at a letter which Menelaus has snatched from him.

Old Servant.

Menelaus, this is outrage!—shame on thee!


Menelaus.

Stand back! Thou art all too loyal to thy lord.

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