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. of the fallen youths. Woe is me! would I could join these children in their death and descend to Hades with them!
Adrastus
  1. Mothers, raise the wail for the dead departed;
  2. cry in answer when ye hear my note of woe.
Chorus
  1. My sons, my sons! O bitter words for loving mothers to address to you! To thee, my lifeless child, I call.
Adrastus
  1. Woe! woe!
Chorus
  1. Ah me, my sufferings!
Adrastus
  1. Alas!
Chorus
  1. ---[*](A lacuna in the MS.)
Adrastus
  1. We have endured, alas!—
Chorus
  1. Sorrows most grievous.
Adrastus
  1. O citizens of Argos! do ye not behold my fate?
Chorus
  1. They see thee, and me the hapless mother,