Hippolytus

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. Ay, ’tis thy character to honour thyself far more than reverence thy parents, as thou shouldst.
Hippolytus
  1. Unhappy mother! son of sorrow! Heaven keep all friends of mine from bastard birth!