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. The one who loves his father.
Menelaus
  1. And the one who honors his mother?
Orestes
  1. He was born fortunate.
Menelaus
  1. Not like you!
Orestes
  1. No, for I do not delight in these wicked women.
Menelaus
  1. Remove that sword from my daughter!
Orestes
  1. You are a liar.
Menelaus
  1. Will you kill my daughter?
Orestes
  1. Now you are not a liar!
Menelaus
  1. Ah me! what shall I do?
Orestes
  1. Go to the Argives and persuade them—
Menelaus
  1. Persuade them what?
Orestes
  1. Not to kill us; entreat the city.
Menelaus
  1. Or you will slay my child?
Orestes
  1. That is correct.
Menelaus
  1. O wretched Helen—
Orestes
  1. Am I not wretched?
Menelaus
  1. I brought you back from Troy to be a victim—
Orestes
  1. If only she had been!
Menelaus
  1. After innumerable troubles.