The Suppliant Maidens

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. I. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1906.

  1. It would but anger thee to hear what I intend, and so I fain would keep thee ignorant, my father.
Iphis
  1. What! hath not thy own father a right to know?
Evadne
  1. Thou wouldst not wisely judge my intention.
Iphis
  1. Why dost thou deck thyself in that apparel?
Evadne
  1. A purport strange this robe conveys, father.
Iphis
  1. Thou hast no look of mourning for thy lord.
Evadne
  1. No, the reason why I thus am decked is strange, maybe.
Iphis
  1. Dost thou in such garb appear before a funeral-pyre?
Evadne
  1. Yea, for hither it is I come to take the meed of victory.
Iphis
  1. Victory! what victory? This would I learn of thee.
Evadne
  1. A victory o’er all women on whom the sun looks down.
Iphis
  1. In Athena’s handiwork or in prudent counsel?