Andromache

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.

  1. Ye dames of Phthia, answer my questions. I heard a vague rumour that the daughter of Menelaus had left these halls
  2. and fled; so now am I come in hot haste to learn if this be true; for it is the duty of those who are at home to labour in the interests of their absent friends.
Chorus
  1. Thou hast heard aright, O Peleus; ill would it become me to hide the evil case in which I now find myself;
  2. our queen has fled and left these halls.
Peleus
  1. What was she afraid of? explain that to me.