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. reft of her children.
Adrastus
  1. Bring near the blood-boltered corpses of those hapless chiefs, foully slain by foes unworthy, with whom lay the decision of the contest.
Chorus
  1. Let me embrace and hold my children to my bosom in my enfolding arms.
Adrastus
  1. There, there! thou hast—
Chorus
  1. Sorrows heavy enough to bear.
Adrastus
  1. Ah me!
Chorus
  1. Thy groans mingle with those of their parents.[*](Reading with Hartung τοῖς τεκοῦσς’ ὁμοῦ λέγεις.)
Adrastus
  1. Hear me.
Chorus
  1. O’er both of us thou dost lament.
Adrastus
  1. Would God the Theban ranks had laid me dead in the dust!
Chorus
  1. Oh that I had ne’er been wedded to a husband!
Adrastus
  1. Behold this sea of troubles![*](The print edition reads: Ah! hapless mothers, behold this sea of troubles! The lines have been modified to more closely match the Greek.)