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.
- I will hear thee; not that I wish it, but I must give thee thy turn.
- I will bury the dead, when from Asopus’ land I have removed them.
- First must thou adventure somewhat in the front of war.
- Many an enterprise and of a different kind have I ere this endured.
- Wert thou then begotten of thy sire to cope with every foe?
- Ay, with all wanton villains; virtue I punish not.
- To meddle is aye thy wont and thy city’s too.
- Hence her enterprise on many a held hath won her frequent success.
- Come then, that the warriors of the dragon-crop may catch thee in our city.
- What furious warrior-host could spring from dragon’s seed?
- Thou shalt learn that to thy cost. As yet thou art young and rash.
- Thy boastful speech stirs not my heart at all to rage. Yet get thee gone from my land, taking with thee the idle words thou broughtest; for we are making no advance. [Exit Herald.]