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.
- His silence says he is; let it suffice for me to say it.
- You’ll say it to your cost, unless you fly away!
- We will not try to escape; we will set fire to the palace.
- What! will you destroy the home of your ancestors?
- Yes, so that you don’t have it, and I will offer this girl in sacrifice on the fire.
- Kill her; and if you do, I will punish you for it.
- All right, then.
- No, no! Don’t do it!
- Silence! Your sufferings are just; endure them.
- Well, is it just that you should live?
- And rule a kingdom, yes.
- A kingdom, where?
- Here in Pelasgian Argos.
- You are so well qualified to handle holy water!
- And why not?
- And to slay victims before battle!
- Well, are you?
- Yes, my hands are clean.
- But not your heart.
- Who would speak to you?