Orestes
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.
- Slave or free, every one is glad to gaze upon the light.
- Well said! Your shrewdness saves you; go inside.
- You will not kill me after all?
- You are spared.
- How well you said that!
- Now it’s time to change my plans.
- You didn’t say that well!
- You fool! Do you think I could endure to make your throat bloody? You weren’t born a woman, nor do you belong among men. The reason I left the palace was to stop your shouting;