[527] Famam: Helen is represented as thinking of her public character as well as her interest in Menelaus' affections, supposing that by a signal act of vengeance on Troy and of service to Greece she will recover her good name as a true wife and as a lover of her country. ‘Famam exstinguere’ 4. 323. The feeling is not unlike that of the Homeric Helen, Il. 6. 358.
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