Helen

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. They are dead, and not dead: it is a double story.
Helen
  1. Which report is the stronger? I am so unhappy at these evils!
Teucer
  1. Men say that they are gods in the likeness of stars.
Helen
  1. That is good news; but what is the other story?
Teucer
  1. That they killed themselves because of their sister. But enough of such talk! I do not need to grieve twice. As to why I came to this royal palace,