Medea

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.

  1. The gods know, whoso of them began this troublous coil.
Jason
  1. Indeed, they know that hateful heart of thine.
Medea
  1. Thou art as hateful. I am aweary of thy bitter tongue.
Jason
  1. And I likewise of thine. But parting is easy.
Medea
  1. Say how; what am I to do? for I am fain as thou to go.
Jason
  1. Give up to me those dead, to bury and lament
Medea
  1. No, never! I will bury them myself, bearing them to Hera’s sacred field, who watches o’er the Cape,