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. Seek to be prosperous; friends are nothing in misfortune.
Jocasta
  1. Didn’t your noble breeding lead you to the heights?
Polyneices
  1. Poverty is a curse; breeding did not find me food.
Jocasta
  1. Man’s dearest treasure, it seems, is his country.
Polyneices
  1. You could not name how dear it is!
Jocasta
  1. How did you come to Argos? What was your scheme?