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      PERSONS
    • Menelaus , King of Sparta .
    • Helen , his Queen .
    • Paris , Prince of Ilion .
    • Æthra , serving-woman to the Queen .
    • Courtiers of Sparta .
    • Courtiers of Ilion .
Scene:Sparta .
Palace of Menelaus.
The King and Queen looking from a window.
Menelaus .

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Helen .

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 86 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 207 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 55 words in 5 sentences using 274 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 142 chars.

[Exit.
Helen .

Note: Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 130 chars.

Palace Hall. Menelaus and Courtiers. Paris and Courtiers.
Paris .

Note: Contains 65 words in 5 sentences using 363 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 53 words in 5 sentences using 272 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 35 words in 2 sentences using 179 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 113 words in 7 sentences using 609 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 40 words in 4 sentences using 223 chars.

Banquet-Hall. Menelaus leads in Helen.
Menelaus .

Note: Contains 53 words in 4 sentences using 260 chars.

Æthra .
[Aside.

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 85 chars.

Æthra .
[Aside.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 46 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 336 words in 14 sentences using 1823 chars.

Æthra .
[Aside.

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 185 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars.

Æthra .
[Aside.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 41 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 61 words in 3 sentences using 307 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 97 words in 4 sentences using 520 chars.

First Group of Courtiers, in another part of the room.
First Spartan .

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First Trojan .

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Second Trojan .

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Second Group of Courtiers.
First Spartan .

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Second Spartan .

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First Spartan .

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Third Spartan .

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First Group of Courtiers.
Trojan .

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Spartan .

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Trojan .

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Spartan .

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Trojan .

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Spartan .

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Trojan .

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Another Spartan .

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Another Trojan .

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Paris, alone on his couch, after the banquet.
Æthra approaches him.
Æthra .

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Paris .

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars.

Æthra .

Note: Contains 170 words in 11 sentences using 873 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

Æthra .

Note: Contains 94 words in 4 sentences using 481 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars.

Æthra .

Note: Contains 39 words in 3 sentences using 219 chars.

Aphrodite appears, and vanishes.
Paris .

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 118 chars.

Æthra .

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Paris .
[To himself.

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Æthra .

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Paris .
[Mutters, his mind returning to the vision.

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Æthra .

Note: Contains 50 words in 5 sentences using 228 chars.

Paris .
[Rousing.

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Æthra .

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Paris .
[Fiercely.

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Æthra .

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Paris .

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

Æthra .

Note: Contains 232 words in 13 sentences using 1122 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 124 chars.

Æthra .

Note: Contains 72 words in 4 sentences using 347 chars.

[Exit.
Paris .

Note: Contains 148 words in 11 sentences using 746 chars.

Helen .
[Alone, weaving and singing.

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Enter Menelaus, returned from the hunt.
Menelaus .

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 116 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 62 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 84 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 45 words in 2 sentences using 228 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 31 words in 5 sentences using 141 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 84 chars.

Helen .
[Holding him back.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 69 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 84 words in 6 sentences using 412 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 174 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 194 chars.

Helen .

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Menelaus .

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 83 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 97 words in 7 sentences using 502 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

Menelaus .

Note: Contains 41 words in 5 sentences using 195 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 149 chars.

Enter Æthra.
Menelaus .

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Æthra .
[Aside.

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Helen at her loom, Æthra by her side.
Æthra .

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 136 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

Æthra .

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 97 chars.

Æthra .

Note: Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 154 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

Æthra .

Note: Contains 44 words in 4 sentences using 214 chars.

Helen .

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Æthra .

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Helen .

Note: Contains 54 words in 4 sentences using 268 chars.

Æthra .

Note: Contains 145 words in 10 sentences using 729 chars.

Enter Paris, while Helen hurriedly covers the loom.
Paris .

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Helen .

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 171 chars.

Æthra .
[Aside.

Note: Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 145 chars.

[Exit Æthra.
Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars.

Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Æthra .
[Entering.

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

Note: Contains 63 words in 5 sentences using 306 chars.

Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

Note: Contains 236 words in 9 sentences using 1182 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 101 words in 2 sentences using 555 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 111 words in 5 sentences using 593 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 14 words in 6 sentences using 68 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 38 words in 4 sentences using 207 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 80 words in 6 sentences using 454 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 73 words in 4 sentences using 368 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 44 words in 3 sentences using 242 chars.

Enter Æthra.
Æthra .

Note: Contains 178 words in 13 sentences using 926 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 43 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 46 words in 3 sentences using 217 chars.

Paris .

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 82 words in 6 sentences using 383 chars.

Æthra .

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Night. Paris and Helen are engaged in a finger-game, which Helen invented to play with Paris, Æthra watches them, herself unobserved.
Æthra .
[Aside.

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars.

Helen .

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Paris .

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

Paris .

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Helen .

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Paris .

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

Helen .

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars.

Helen leaves the room, Paris following.
Paris .

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

Æthra .

Note: Contains 287 words in 20 sentences using 1460 chars.

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TextGrid Repository (2024). American Drama. Queen Helen. Queen Helen. American Drama Corpus. Mathias Göbel. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0014-A7C9-B