Heracleidae

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.

  • [*](Dramatis PersonaeIolausCopreusDemophonMacariaServant (of Hyllus)AlcmenaEurystheusChorus of Aged Athenians)
    Scene.—Before the altar of Zeus at Marathon.
    Iolaus
    1. I hold this true, and long have held: Nature hath made one man upright for his neighbours’ good, while another hath a disposition wholly given over to gain, useless alike to the state and difficult to have dealings with,