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.

  1. Slave or free, every one is glad to gaze upon the light.
Orestes
  1. Well said! Your shrewdness saves you; go inside.
Phrygian
  1. You will not kill me after all?
Orestes
  1. You are spared.
Phrygian
  1. How well you said that!
Orestes
  1. Now it’s time to change my plans.
Phrygian
  1. You didn’t say that well!
Orestes
  1. 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;