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. Those who only in appearance are men of sense make an outward show, but inwardly resemble the common herd, save it be in wealth, which is their chiefest strength.[*](Lines 330-332 are condemned by Dobree and bracketed by Nauck as spurious.)
  2. Come now, Menelaus, let us discuss this argument.
    Suppose I am slain[*](τέθνηκα δὴ, Reiske.) by thy daughter, and she work her will on me,