Phrontis, wife of Panthous

if thou stand to face me; nay, of myself I bid thee get thee back into the throng, and stand not forth to face me, ere yet some evil befall thee; when it is wrought even a fool getteth understanding. So spake he, yet persuaded not the other, but he answered, saying: Now in good sooth, MenelausMeMe, nurtured of Zeus,shalt thou verily pay the price for my brother whom thou slewest, and over whom thou speakest vauntingly; and thou madest his wife a widow in her new-built bridal chamber, and broughtest grief unspeakable and sorrow upon his parents. Verily for them in their misery should I prove an assuaging of grief, if I but bring thy head and thy armourand lay them in the hands of PanthousPaPa and queenly Phrontis. Howbeit not for long shall the struggle be untried or unfought, be it for victory or for flight. So saying, he smote upon his shield that was well-balanced upon every side; howbeit the bronze brake not through,

if thou stand to face me; nay, of myself I bid thee get thee back into the throng, and stand not forth to face me, ere yet some evil befall thee; when it is wrought even a fool getteth understanding. So spake he, yet persuaded not the other, but he answered, saying: Now in good sooth, MenelausMeMe, nurtured of Zeus,shalt thou verily pay the price for my brother whom thou slewest, and over whom thou speakest vauntingly; and thou madest his wife a widow in her new-built bridal chamber, and broughtest grief unspeakable and sorrow upon his parents. Verily for them in their misery should I prove an assuaging of grief, if I but bring thy head and thy armourand lay them in the hands of PanthousPaPa and queenly Phrontis. Howbeit not for long shall the struggle be untried or unfought, be it for victory or for flight. So saying, he smote upon his shield that was well-balanced upon every side; howbeit the bronze brake not through,