Mythology & Folklore
Book IX, 475: What Helen would say on seeing the Combat between Paris and Menelaus
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Ye warlike kings of Europe and Asia, for both of you it stands upon a razor’s edge, which of you long-suffering men shall take unhappy me to wife. Let Father Zeus decide, but without Aphrodite’s help, lest another thief of wedded women steal me, a disgrace to Greece.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 475: What Helen would say on seeing the Combat between Paris and Menelaus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/509/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 475: What Helen would say on seeing the Combat between Paris and Menelaus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/509/.
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