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. Women love their husbands, stranger, not their children.
Orestes
  1. Why did Aegisthus insult you in this way?
Electra
  1. He planned for me to bear powerless children, when he gave me to such a man.
Orestes
  1. So that you might not bear sons to punish him, of course?
Electra
  1. That was his plan; may he make amends to me for it!
Orestes
  1. Does your mother’s husband know that you are a virgin?
Electra
  1. He does not know; we steal that from him by our silence.
Orestes
  1. Are these women who hear our talk friends of yours ?
Electra
  1. They will keep both your words and mine well hidden.