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. Thinkest thou God’s hand is shortened, and that thou wilt not be punished?
Menelaus
  1. Whene’er that comes, I am ready to bear it. But thy life will I have.
Andromache
  1. Wilt likewise slay this tender chick, whom thou hast snatched from ’neath my wing?
Menelaus
  1. Not I, but I will give him to my daughter to slay if she will.
Andromache
  1. Ah me! why not begin my mourning then for thee, my child?