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. No; your words will declare it.
Hecuba
  1. O you who are as dear to me as you now are, there are—
Polymestor
  1. What is it that I and my children must learn?
Hecuba
  1. Ancient vaults filled full of gold by Priam’s ancestors.
Polymestor
  1. Is it this you would tell your son?
Hecuba
  1. Certainly, through you; for you are a righteous man.
Polymestor
  1. What need then of these children’s presence?
Hecuba
  1. It is better they should know it, in case of your death.
Polymestor
  1. Well said; it is also the wiser way.
Hecuba
  1. Then do you know where the shrine of Trojan Athena is?