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.

  1. I am married, stranger; a deadly match.
Orestes
  1. I pity your brother. Is your husband a Mycenaean?
Electra
  1. Not one to whom my father ever hoped to give me.
Orestes
  1. Tell me so that I may hear and inform your brother.
Electra
  1. I live in his house, at a distance from the city.
Orestes
  1. A ditch-digger or a herdsman is worthy of the house.
Electra
  1. He is a man poor but noble, and respectful to me.
Orestes
  1. What is this respect that your husband has?
Electra
  1. He has never dared to touch me in bed.