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.

  1. Away with him, ye servants, and cast him[*](A strange breach of her promise just before—perhaps here, as in other parts of this play, some confusion is due to the very probable theory of Hermann that our text is incomplete—e.g. no account of Macaria’s death-scene is extant; this could hardly have been omitted by such a lover of pathos as Euripides.) to the dogs when ye have slain him. Think not thou shalt live to cast me forth from my native land again.
Chorus
  1. I agree. Lead on, servants. Our[*](We have had nothing to do with it. The responsibility rests with Alcmena.) conduct shall bring no stain of guilt upon our rulers.