Hecuba

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.

  1. Dead; and to your tomb shall be given a name—;
Hecuba
  1. Recalling my form, or what will you tell me?
Polymestor
  1. The hapless hound’s grave, a mark for mariners.
Hecuba
  1. It is nothing to me, now that you have paid me the penalty.
Polymestor
  1. Further, your daughter Cassandra must die.
Hecuba
  1. I scorn the prophecy! I give it to you to keep for yourself.
Polymestor
  1. The wife of Agamemnon, grim keeper of his palace, shall slay her.
Hecuba
  1. Never may the daughter of Tyndareus do such a frantic deed!
Polymestor
  1. And she shall slay this man as well, lifting high the axe.
Agamemnon
  1. You creature, are you mad? are you so eager to find sorrow?