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. Yes, hope that looks so fair; but always in the future.
Jocasta
  1. But doesn’t time expose its emptiness?
Polyneices
  1. It has a certain winsome charm in misfortune.
Jocasta
  1. Where did you get your living, before your marriage found it for you?
Polyneices
  1. Sometimes I would have enough for the day, and sometimes not.
Jocasta
  1. Didn’t your father’s friends and guests assist you?