“μηδ᾽ εἰς Ἑλένην κότον ἐκτρέψῃς, ὡς ἀνδρολέτειρ᾽, ὡς μία πολλῶν ἀνδρῶν ψυχὰς Δαναῶν ὀλέσασ᾽ ἀξύστατον ἄλγος ἔπραξεν. - And don’t twist your grudge upon Helen as a manslayer, as if only she, slaying the souls of many Danaan men, inflicted pain beyond mending.”
— Clytemnestra, in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, 1464-7

















