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. my tongue shall never flatter thee or that daughter of thine. For though thou wert of great account in Sparta, why so was I in Troy. And if I am now in sorry plight, presume not thou on this; thou too mayst be so yet.
Chorus
  1. Never, oh! never will I commend rival wives or sons[*](ἀμφιμάτορας κὀρους is explained as meaning brothers by different mothers but the same father.) of different mothers, a cause of strife, of bitterness, and grief every house. I would have a husband content with one wife whose rights