Electra
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.
- And a long farewell to you, my fellow-countrywomen!
- Are you going already, most faithful one?
- I am going, my young eye wet with tears.
- Go, Pylades, and be happy; marry Electra.
- Marriage will be for them to think of. But go towards Athens, seeking to escape these hounds of hell, for they are pursuing you fearfully,
- the dark-skinned ones, with snakes for hands, holding a reward of dreadful pains. But we two must go in haste over the Sicilian sea to rescue the seagoing ships. As we go through the plains of the air,
- we do not come to the aid of those who are polluted; but we save and release from severe hardships those who love piety and justice in their ways of life. And so, let no one wish to act unjustly,
- or set sail with perjurers; as a god, I give this address to mortals.
- Farewell! Any mortal who is able to fare well, and is not worn down by any misfortune, achieves happiness.