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In the next generation afterwards, according to the same authorities,
Alexander the son of Priam, bearing these events in mind, resolved
to procure himself a wife out of Greece by violence, fully persuaded,
that as the Greeks had not given satisfaction for their outrages, so
neither would he be forced to make any for his. Accordingly he made
prize of Helen; upon which the Greeks decided that, before resorting
to other measures, they would send envoys to reclaim the princess and
require reparation of the wrong. Their demands were met by a reference
to the violence which had been offered to Medea, and they were asked
with what face they could now require satisfaction, when they had
formerly rejected all demands for either reparation or restitution
addressed to them.
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