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. O aged son of Aeacus!
  2. now am I sure that thou wert with the Lapithae, wielding thy famous spear, when they fought the Centaurs;
    and on Argo’s deck didst pass the cheerless strait beyond the sea-beat Symplegades
  3. on her voyage of note; and when in days long gone the son of Zeus spread slaughter round Troy’s famous town,
  4. thou too didst share his triumphant return to Europe.
Nurse
  1. Alas! good friends, what a succession of troubles is to-day provided us! My mistress Hermione within the house,