The Phoenician Women

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. child of Leto! The plain is one lightning-flash of bronze.
Old servant
  1. Ah! this is no ordinary home-coming of Polyneices, with the clash of many horses, many arms.
Antigone
  1. Are the gates barred, and the brazen bolts
  2. fitted into Amphion’s walls of stone?
Old servant
  1. Never fear! All is safe within the town. But see the first one, if you want to know him.
Antigone
  1. Who is that one with the white crest,