Cyclops

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. Ah! wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.
Cyclops
  1. Tell me, I adjure thee, have they escaped or are they still within?
Chorus
  1. Here they are ranged in silence, taking the rock to screen them.
Cyclops
  1. On which side?
Chorus
  1. On thy right.
Cyclops
  1. Where?
Chorus
  1. Close against the rock. Hast caught them?
Cyclops
  1. Trouble on trouble! I have run my skull against the rock and cracked it.
Chorus
  1. Aye, and they are escaping thee.