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.

  1. With furious haste both fire and enemy spear devour each house.
Hecuba
  1. Oh, earth, nourisher of my children!
Chorus
  1. Ah, ah!
Hecuba
  1. Hearken, my children, hear your mother’s voice.
Chorus
  1. You are calling on the dead with voice of lamentation.
Hecuba
  1. Yes, as I stretch my aged limbs upon the ground, and beat upon the earth with both my hands.
Chorus
  1. I follow you and kneel, invoking from the nether world my hapless husband.
Hecuba
  1. I am being dragged and hurried away—