Excerpt from Hypsipyle: A Paper Read to the Northumberland and Durham Classical Association in the Common Room, University College, Durham, on March 15th, 1913 Hypsipyle replies that her thoughts are ever dwelling on the past; she tells of the heroes of the Argo: how Peleus made fast the stern cables of the ship, when there was a calm, and Orpheus made music standing by the main mast, what time the heroes plied the oar or rested from their toil. She does not take any interest in the political affairs of Argos. The chorus console her by the example of other ladies who had left their homes afar. Europa left Tyre and had three happy children, and I0 too had wandered far from Argos. They feel certain that her grandfather, Dionysus, will come some day and save her. But Hypsipyle refuses all consolation: she says that Procris, whom her husband, Cephalus, slew by mistake in the hunt, was bewailed: but who even with the aid of Calliope the muse can bewail me? The chorus break into anapaests, to announce that some one is approaching. Dorian soldiers are seen: what do they want? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.