Hecuba

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. Ah me, what shall I do? where shall I end my life?
Polyxena
  1. Daughter of a free-born father, a slave I am to die.
Hecuba
  1. Not one of all my fifty children left!
Polyxena
  1. What message can I take for you to Hector or your aged lord?
Hecuba
  1. Tell them that of all women I am the most miserable.
Polyxena
  1. Ah! breasts and paps that fed me with sweet food!
Hecuba
  1. Oh, my daughter—your wretched, untimely fate!
Polyxena
  1. Farewell, my mother! farewell, Cassandra!
Hecuba
  1. Fare well! others do, but not your mother, no!
Polyxena
  1. You too, my brother Polydorus, in Thrace, the home of steeds!