ctly assisted by its
appearing that one of the two sons of Atreus has already been overtaken
by Nemesis.] {663}

CHORAL INTERLUDE II

[_Positions, etc., as before._]

_Strophe I: to the Right._

Who could foresee so well and give her the name _Helen_--a _Hell_[3] to
men and ships and towers? She came out of bowers of gorgeous curtains,
she sailed with breezes soft as Zephyrs yet strong as Titans, and unseen
reached the leafy banks of the Simois; but bloodshed was in her train,
and on her track followed hosts of hunters that carried shields. {680}

_Antistrophe I: back to Altar._

So there is a wrath that works vengeance after long waiting: to the
_Ilion_ that received her she was a dear bride: then there was a shout of
'Paris, Paris,' in the Bridal Song: now his city has celebrated a Wedding
of Death, and called on Paris' name in other tones. {695}

_Strophe II: Altar to Left._

So once a lion's cub,
A mischief in his house,
As foster child one reared,
While still it loved the teats;
In life's preluding dawn
Tame, by the children loved,
And fondled by the old,
Oft in his arms 'twas held,
Like infant newly born,
With eyes that brightened to the hand that stroked,
And fawning at the hest of hunger keen. {704}

_Antistrophe II: back to Altar._

But when full-grown, it showed
The nature of its sires;
For it unbidden made
A feast in recompense
Of all their fostering care,
By banquet of slain sheep;
With blood the house was stained,
A curse no slaves could check,
Great mischief murderous:
By God's decree a priest of Ate thus
Was reared, and grew within the man's own house. {715}

_Strophe III: Altar to Right._

So I would tell that thus to Ilion came
Mood as of calm when all the air is still,
The gentle pride and joy of kingly state,
A tender glance of eye,
The full-blown blossom of a passionate love,
Thrilling the very soul;
And yet she turned aside,
And wrought a bitter end of marriage feast,
Coming to Priam's race,
Ill sojourner, ill friend,
Sent by great Zeus, the God of host and guest--
Erinnys, for whom wives weep many t