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 crimes against my lord are manifest and clear, they cannot be hidden.
Nurse
  1. Art so grieved at having devised thy rival’s death?
Hermione
  1. Indeed I am; I deeply mourn my fatal deeds of daring; alas! I am now accursed in all men’s eyes!
Nurse
  1. Thy husband will pardon thee this error.
Hermione
  1. Oh! why didst thou hunt me to snatch away my sword? Give, oh! give it back, dear nurse, that I may thrust it through my heart. Why dost thou prevent me hanging myself?