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. Would I had accomplished that, instead of being duped by the gods!
Menelaus
  1. Do you deny having slain her, and say this out of wanton insult?
Orestes
  1. Yes, I do deny it, to my sorrow. If only I had—
Menelaus
  1. Done what? You frighten me!
Orestes
  1. Hurled the pollution of Hellas to Hades!
Menelaus
  1. Give back my wife’s dead body, so that I may bury her.
Orestes
  1. Ask the gods for her; but I will kill your daughter.
Menelaus
  1. This matricide is adding murder to murder.