Heracles

Euripides

Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Translated into English Prose from the Text of Paley. Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891.

  1. Am I to loose my son, old friends, or what shall I do?
Heracles
  1. Loose me, yes, and say who bound me; for I feel shame at this.
Amphitryon
  1. Rest content with what you know of your woes; the rest forego.
Heracles
  1. No. for is silence sufficient to learn what I wish?
Amphitryon
  1. O Zeus, do you behold these deeds proceeding from the throne of Hera?
Heracles
  1. What! have I suffered something from her enmity?
Amphitryon
  1. A truce to the goddess! attend to your own troubles.
Heracles
  1. I am undone; you will tell me some mischance.
Amphitryon
  1. See here the corpses of your children.
Heracles
  1. O horror! what sight is here? ah me!
Amphitryon
  1. My son, against your children you have waged unnatural war.