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. and this child’s tender years; take heed to this, that we be not a second time made captive, after escaping now.
Peleus
  1. Forbear such words, prompted by a woman’s cowardice. Go on thy way; who will lay a finger on you? Methinks he will do it to his cost. For by heaven’s grace I rule o’er many a knight and spearman
  2. bold in my kingdom of Phthia; yea, and myself can still stand straight, no bent old man as thou dost think; such a fellow as that a mere look from me will put to flight in spite of my years. For e’en an old man, be he brave, is worth a host of raw youths;
  3. for what avails a fine figure if a man is a coward? Exeunt Peleus, Andromache, and Molossus.
Chorus
  1. Oh! to have never been born, or sprung from noble sires, the heir to mansions richly stored;