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. You there! Keep your hands off those bolts; I mean you, Menelaus, towering in your audacity! Or I will tear off the ancient parapet, the work of masons,
  2. and shatter your skull with this coping-stone. The doors are bolted and barred, which will prevent your eagerness to bring aid and keep you from entering.
Menelaus
  1. Oh! What is this? I see a blaze of torches and men standing at bay on the top of the house,
  2. with a sword guarding my daughter’s throat.
Orestes
  1. Would you question me or hear me speak?
Menelaus
  1. Neither; but I suppose I must hear you.
Orestes
  1. I intend to kill your daughter, if you want to know.
Menelaus
  1. After slaying Helen, you will add murder to murder?