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. Yes, so that you don’t have it, and I will offer this girl in sacrifice on the fire.
Menelaus
  1. Kill her; and if you do, I will punish you for it.
Orestes
  1. All right, then.
Menelaus
  1. No, no! Don’t do it!
Orestes
  1. Silence! Your sufferings are just; endure them.
Menelaus
  1. Well, is it just that you should live?
Orestes
  1. And rule a kingdom, yes.
Menelaus
  1. A kingdom, where?