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. Alas! Fortune’s sorrows are enough for me, I have troubles and to spare already.
Children
  1. Shall Asopus’ laughing tide ever reflect my brazen arms as I lead on my Argive troops?
Chorus
  1. To avenge thy fallen sire.
Children
  1. Methinks I see thee still before my eyes, my father—
Chorus
  1. Printing a loving kiss upon thy cheek.
Children
  1. But thy words of exhortation are borne on the winds away.
Chorus
  1. Two mourners hath he left behind, thy mother and thee, bequeathing to thee an endless legacy of grief for thy father.
Children
  1. The weight of grief I have to bear hath crushed me utterly.