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.
- Why this haughty tone, this bandying of words, as if, forsooth, thou, not I, wert the virtuous wife?
- Thy present claims at any rate give thee small title thereto.
- Woman, may my bosom never harbour such ideas as thine!
- Thou art young to speak on so delicate a subject.
- As for thee, thou dost not speak thereof but, as thou canst, dost put it into action against me.
- Canst thou not conceal thy pangs of jealousy?
- What! doth not every woman put this first of all?
- Yes, if her experiences are happy; otherwise, there is no honour in speaking of them.
- Barbarians’ laws are not a standard for our city.
- Alike in Asia and in Hellas infamy attends base actions.
- Clever, clever quibbler! yet die thou must and shalt.
- Dost see the image of Thetis with her eye upon thee?