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. War! what do you mean? who killed these?
Amphitryon
  1. You and your bow and some god, whoever is to blame.
Heracles
  1. What are you saying? what have I done? Speak, father, you messenger of evil!
Amphitryon
  1. You were insane; it is a sad explanation you are asking.
Heracles
  1. Was it I that slew my wife also?
Amphitryon
  1. Your own unaided arm has done all this.
Heracles
  1. Alas! a cloud of mourning wraps me round.
Amphitryon
  1. For this reason I lament your fate.
Heracles
  1. Did I dash my house to pieces in my frenzy?
Amphitryon
  1. I know nothing but this, that you are utterly undone.
Heracles
  1. Where did the madness seize me? where did it destroy me?