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. Thou hast said too much for a woman speaking to
    men. that discretion hath shot away its last shaft from thy soul’s quiver.[*](i.e. there is no more to be said on that subject. The suggestion by Paley of ἐξετόξευσας is very plausible.)
Menelaus
  1. Woman, these are petty matters, unworthy, as thou sayest, of my despotic sway, unworthy too of Hellas. Yet mark this well; his special fancy of the hour is of more moment to a man than Troy’s capture.