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. All this I bring before thee in pure good-will, not from anger. But if thou resent it, thy tongue may wag till it ache,
  2. yet shall I gain by prudent forethought.
Chorus
  1. Cease now from idle words, ’twere better far, for fear ye both alike go wrong.
Peleus
  1. Alas! what evil customs now prevail in Hellas! Whene’er the host sets up a trophy o’er the foe,
  2. men no more consider this the work of those who really toiled, but the general gets the credit for it. Now he was but one among ten thousand others to brandish his spear; he only did the work of one; but yet he wins more praise than they. Again, as magistrates in all the grandeur of office