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. I have a far better right to her.
Peleus
  1. What! art thou come hither to set my house in order? Art not content with ruling thy Spartans?
Menelaus
  1. She is my captive; I took her from Troy.
Peleus
  1. Aye, but my son’s son received her as his prize.
Menelaus
  1. Is not all I have his, and all his mine?