Gardner, Percy, 1846-1937 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 221
ed by love for her beauty. As told by Peleus in the Andromache of Euripides, when he is quarrelling with Menelaus, the tale runs : “ When you took Troy, you did not slay the woman though she w as your captive; but when you saw her breast, you cast aside the sword, and chose a kiss.” Of this… … Fig. 54 a. — Menelaus and Helen : Attic Vase. towards a statue of Athena for sanctuary. As she flies, she looks back at Menelaus, who pursues her in warlike guise, evidently meaning to slay her. But the sword drops from his hand ; between him and Helen stands the stately figure of Aphrodite, from…
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