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. Why this haughty tone, this bandying of words, as if, forsooth, thou, not I, wert the virtuous wife?
Andromache
  1. Thy present claims at any rate give thee small title thereto.
Hermione
  1. Woman, may my bosom never harbour such ideas as thine!
Andromache
  1. Thou art young to speak on so delicate a subject.
Hermione
  1. As for thee, thou dost not speak thereof but, as thou canst, dost put it into action against me.