The Trojan Women
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.
- Do not betray your allies, whose death this woman caused;
- on their behalf, and for my children’s sake, I entreat you.
- Peace, revered lady; to her I pay no heed. I bid my servants take her away, aboard the ship, in which she is to sail.
- Oh never let her set foot within the same ship as you.
- Why is that? is she heavier than before?
- The one who loves once, must love always.
- Why, that depends how those we love are minded. But your wish shall be granted; she shall not set foot upon the same ship with me; for your advice is surely sound;
- and when she comes to Argos she shall die a shameful death as is her due, and impress the need of chastity on all women. No easy task; yet shall her fate strike their foolish hearts with terror, even though they are more lost to shame than she. Exit Menelaus, dragging Helen with him.