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. But why? This matter is surely an unfortunate one.
Teucer
  1. The death of my brother Aias at Troy was my ruin.
Helen
  1. How so? You didn’t take his life with your sword, did you?
Teucer
  1. He threw himself on his own sword and died.
Helen
  1. Was he mad? For what sensible man would dare such a thing?