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. Do you mean Polyxena, or whom do you inquire about?
Hecuba
  1. Yes, that one; to whom has the lot assigned her?
Talthybius
  1. To minister at Achilles’ tomb has been appointed her.
Hecuba
  1. Woe is me! I the mother of a dead man’s slave! What custom, what ordinance is this among Hellenes, friend?
Talthybius
  1. Count your daughter happy; it is well with her.
Hecuba
  1. What wild words are these? Please tell me, is she still alive?
Talthybius
  1. Her fate is one that sets her free from trouble.
Hecuba
  1. And what of the wife of Hector skilled in arms, sad Andromache? declare her fate.