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. too modest for this hateful lot in life, prizing o’er all her name and fame, and striving thus to rid her soul of passion’s sting.
Messenger
  1. Help![*](Messenger lines attributed to the Nurse in the Greek.) ho! To the rescue all who near the palace stand! She hath hung herself, our queen, the wife of Theseus.