Nay, even Argive Helen, daughter of Zeus, would not have lain in love with a man of another people, had she known that the warlike sons of the Achaeans were to bring her home again to her dear native land.
οὐ δέ κεν Ἀργείη Ἑλένη , Διὸς ἐκγεγαυῖα , ἀνδρὶ παρ' ἀλλοδαπῷ ἐμίγη φιλότητι καὶ εὐνῇ , εἰ ᾔδη ὅ μιν αὖτις ἀρήϊοι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν ἀξέμεναι οἶκόνδε φίλην ἐς πατρίδ' ἔμελλον .
οὐ δέ ἄν Ἀργεῖος Ἑλένη , Ζεύς ἐκγίγνομαι , ἀνήρ παρά ἀλλοδαπός μίγνυμι φιλότης καί εὐνή , εἰ οἶδα ὅς μιν αὖθις ἄρειος υἱός Ἀχαιός ἄγω οἶκόνδε φίλος εἰς πατρίς μέλλω .