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. From my eyes too bursts forth the copious tear; O, may no greater ill than the present e’er befall!
Jason
  1. Lady, I praise this conduct, not that I blame what is past; for it is but natural to the female sex to vent their spleen against a husband
  2. when he trafficks in other marriages
    besides his own.[*](i.e., ἀλλοίους. This word is not elsewhere used in tragedy, and has therefore been suspected. Heimsoethius conjectures παρεμπολῶντι δευτέρους, Dindorf δώμασιν.) But thy heart is changed to wiser schemes and thou art determined on the better course, late though it be; this is acting like a woman of sober sense. And for you, my sons, hath your father provided