And Hades the grim craftsman wrought that girdle?
I at least would maintain that the gods plan
These things and all things ever for mankind.
But whosoever's judgment likes not this,
Let him uphold his doctrine as I mine.
CHORUS
Speak no more, but take counsel how to inter
Our dear lord, and what now it were best to say:
For 'tis a foe I see. Perchance he comes
To mock our misery, villain that he is.
TEUCER
What chieftain of the host do you behold?
CHORUS
Menelaus, for whose sake we voyaged hither.
TEUCER
'Tis he. I know him well, now he is near.
[Enter Menelaus.]
MENELAUS
You, Sir, I warn you, raise not yonder corpse
For burial, but leave it as it lies.
TEUCER
For what cause do you waste such swelling words?
MENELAUS
'Tis my will, and his will who rules the host.
TEUCER
Let us know then what pretext you allege.
MENELAUS
We hoped that we had brought this man from home
To be a friend and champion for the Greeks:
But a worse than Phrygian foe on trial we found him.
Devising death for the whole host, by night
He sallied forth against us, armed for slaughter.
And had not some god baffled this exploit,
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