·Direct
Helen reached the house of Alexandrus with Venus.
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“When they came to the house of Alexandrus the maidservants set about their work, but Helen went into her own room”
Location · Individual
house of Alexandrus
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- Canonical name
- house of Alexandrus
- Disambiguator
- None
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- Location
- Scope
- Individual
- Parent location
- None
- Editorial note
- No editorial note published.
Aliases
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fair house of Alexandrus
Descriptive reference · Direct
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·Direct
Helen sits in Alexandrus’s house with her women.
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“there, too, sat Argive Helen with her women, setting them their several tasks”
·Direct
Venus reached the house of Alexandrus with Helen.
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“When they came to the house of Alexandrus the maidservants set about their work, but Helen went into her own room”
·Direct
Alexandrus is within his house tending his armour and bow.
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“He found Alexandrus within the house, busied about his armour, his shield and cuirass, and handling his curved bow”
·Direct
Alexandrus says that he is present here in his house while indulging his grief.
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“I am not here so much through rancour or ill-will towards the Trojans, as from a desire to indulge my grief”
·Direct
Paris is in his house before leaving in armour.
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“Paris did not remain long in his house. He donned his goodly armour overlaid with bronze”
·Hypothetical
Hector imagines Alexandrus returning to his own home to set the cup of deliverance before the gods.
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“should Jove vouchsafe us to set the cup of our deliverance before ever-living gods of heaven in our own homes, when we have chased the Achaeans from Troy.”
·Direct
Hector enters Alexandrus’s house carrying his long spear.
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“Here Hector entered, with a spear eleven cubits long in his hand; the bronze point gleamed in front of him, and was fastened to the shaft of the spear by a ring of gold”
·Direct
Hector remains with Alexandrus at Alexandrus’s house while Alexandrus answers him and asks him to wait.
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“And Alexandrus answered, ‘Hector, your rebuke is just; listen therefore, and believe me when I tell you that I am not here so much through rancour or ill-will towards the Trojans, as from a desire to indulge my grief. My wife was even now gently urging me to battle, and I hold it better that I should go, for victory is ever fickle. Wait, then, while I put on my armour, or go first and I will follow.”
Claims
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·Direct
Alexandrus’s house contains Helen’s own room, where Venus arranges a seat for her facing her husband while maidservants work.
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“When they came to the house of Alexandrus the maidservants set about their work, but Helen went into her own room, and the laughter-loving goddess took a seat and set it for her facing Alexandrus. On this Helen, daughter of aegis-bearing Jove, sat down, and with eyes askance began to upbraid her husband”
·Direct
Alexandrus’s fair house comprises house, storehouse, and courtyard built by foremost local builders near Priam’s and Hector’s homes.
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“fair house of Alexandrus, which he had built for him by the foremost builders in the land. They had built him his house, storehouse, and courtyard near those of Priam and Hector”
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·Direct
“the house of Alexandrus”
·Direct
“the fair house of Alexandrus”