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.
- I will bury him, although the state forbids.
- Do so, and you will be making your own grave by his.
- A noble end, for two so near and dear to lie side by side!
- Seize and take her inside.
- Oh, no! For I will not let go of this corpse.
- These are the god’s decrees, my girl, not what seems good to you.
- And this has been decreed, not to insult the dead.
- Be sure that no one will sprinkle over the corpse the moistened dust.
- O Creon, by my mother Jocasta, I implore you!
- Your labor is in vain; you will not gain your prayer.
- Let me only bathe the dead body.
- That would be part of what is forbidden by the city.
- At least let me bandage the cruel wounds.
- No; you will never pay honor to this corpse.
- O my dearest! At least I will kiss your mouth.
- Do not let this mourning bring disaster on your marriage.
- Marriage! Do you think I will marry your son while I am alive?
- Indeed you must; how will you escape the match?
- Then that night will find in me another Danaid bride!
- Do you see how boldly she reproaches me?