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.
- Oh best of friends! Is he alive or dead?
- Alive; for I want to tell you the good news first.
- May you be happy, as a reward for your most welcome tidings.
- I give that blessing for us two to have in common.
- Where does the unhappy one live, in his unhappy exile?
- He goes miserably about, not following the customs of any one city.
- Surely he does not want for a living, day by day?
- He has that, but an exile is a helpless man at best.
- What is this message you have come bringing from him?