Eksodos
Hecuba
It is better they should know it, in case of your death.
Polymestor
Well said; it is also the wiser way.
Hecuba
Then do you know where the shrine of Trojan Athena is?
Polymestor
Is the gold there? what is there to mark it?
Hecuba
A black rock rising above the ground.
1010
Polymestor
Is there anything else you want to tell me about the place?
Hecuba
I wish to keep safe the treasure I brought from Troy.
Polymestor
Where can it be? inside your dress, or have you hidden it?
Hecuba
It is safe among a heap of spoils within these tents.
Polymestor
Where? This is the station built by the Achaeans to surround their fleet.
1015
Hecuba
The captive women have huts of their own.
Polymestor
It is safe to enter? are there no men about?
Hecuba
There are no Achaeans within; we women are alone. Enter then the tent, for the Argives
are eager to set sail from Troy for home; and, when you have accomplished all that you must do, you shall return with your children to the place where you have lodged my son. Hecuba leads Polymestor and his children into the tent.
1020
Chorus
Not yet have you paid the penalty, but perhaps you will.
