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Helen’s silver work-box

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Helen’s silver work-box
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silver work box that ran on wheels

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Helen’s silver work-box runs on wheels and has a gold band around its top.

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“a silver work box that ran on wheels, with a gold band round the top of it”

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“Phylo fetched her the silver work-box which Alcandra wife of Polybus had given her”

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Book 4 · Passage 11

While he was thus in two minds Helen came down from her high vaulted and perfumed room, looking as lovely as Diana herself. Adraste brought her a seat, Alcippe a soft woollen rug while Phylo fetched her the silver work-box which Alcandra wife of Polybus had given her. Polybus lived in Egyptian Thebes, which is the richest city in the whole world; he gave Menelaus two baths, both of pure silver, two tripods, and ten talents of gold; besides all this, his wife gave Helen some beautiful presents, to wit, a golden distaff, and a silver work box that ran on wheels, with a gold band round the top of it. Phylo now placed this by her side, full of fine spun yarn, and a distaff charged with violet coloured wool was laid upon the top of it. Then Helen took her seat, put her feet upon the footstool, and began to question her husband. {42}