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Helen’s wealth

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Canonical name
Helen’s wealth
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None
Kind
Item
Scope
Collective
Editorial note
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Aliases

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Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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Claims

3
·Hypothetical

Alexandrus proposes that Helen’s wealth accompany her to the victor’s home.

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“Helen and all her wealth. Let him who shall be victorious and prove to be the better man take the woman and all she has, to bear them to his home”
·Hypothetical

Hector relays that Helen’s wealth would go with the duel’s victor.

See evidence text
“Helen and all her wealth. Let him who shall be victorious and prove to be the better man take the woman and all she has, to bear them to his own home”
·Hypothetical

Idaeus reports that Helen’s wealth will go with the victor of the single combat.

See evidence text
“that she and all her wealth may go with him who is the victor”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

1
·Direct
“give back Helen with all her wealth”

Passage preview

Book 3 · Passage 6

And Alexandrus answered, ‘Hector, your rebuke is just. You are hard as the axe which a shipwright wields at his work, and cleaves the timber to his liking. As the axe in his hand, so keen is the edge of your scorn. Still, taunt me not with the gifts that golden Venus has given me; they are precious; let not a man disdain them, for the gods give them where they are minded, and none can have them for the asking. If you would have me do battle with Menelaus, bid the Trojans and Achaeans take their seats, while he and I fight in their midst for Helen and all her wealth. Let him who shall be victorious and prove to be the better man take the woman and all she has, to bear them to his home, but let the rest swear to a solemn covenant of peace whereby you Trojans shall stay here in Troy, while the others go home to Argos and the land of the Achaeans.’