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Iphigenia
And let me ask about another town.
Orestes
But why this questioning?
Iphigenia
What is the news
Of that most talked-of town in the whole world?
What is the news of Troy?
Orestes
By all the Gods,
I wish that I had never heard its name!
Iphigenia
But is it true that Troy is overthrown?
Orestes
Its towers lie broken in the dust. 520
Iphigenia
And Helen?
Has Menelaus taken Helen back?
Orestes
Yes, to the sorrow of a noble man.
Iphigenia
She has brought me sorrow too. Where is she now?
Orestes
Gone back with him to Sparta.
Iphigenia
How I hate
The name of Helen! How all Hellas hates it! 525
Orestes
I have my own reason for hating it.
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