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. Hadst thou any accomplice in this attempted murder?
Hermione
  1. My father came from Sparta for this very purpose.
Orestes
  1. And was he after all defeated by that old man’s prowess ?
Hermione
  1. Oh no! but by shame; and he hath gone and left me all alone.
Orestes
  1. I understand; thou art afraid of thy husband for that thou hast done.